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One type of garden art is tile art like in the picture below.

Tile art at the bottom of a pond is very cool to look at and an artist

can place the tiles in any patttern

or to create any image that they can

dream up which allows alot of

creativity. I think i might like to

experiment with tile.

There are lots of different kinds of garden art. The most common is probably sculptures like the one pictured on the right. People can make sculptures of pretty much anything which is the cool thing because it gives the artist room to be creative with form. I would like to try out making a sculpture, but i would like to do an animal or maybe an angel.

Post #7

Our next assignment is to make a piece with text on it. This piece shown to the right has text carved into it. I think I'm going to make a piece that says "Live, Love, Laugh" on it because its a motto i use alot and I think it would be cool to out that on a mug.

Post #6

Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist #3:William Shinn

William Shinn shows you how to create repeating designs with rolling stamps. The use of stamps dates back to the early Greek potters who used small rolls of clay that had been carved on the surfaces to produce repeated patterns on their freshly thrown forms. With the increased interest in handbuilt, press-molded and extruded forms, the possibilities for texturing flat surfaces with rolling stamps on a larger scale can be more thoroughly explored.

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Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist#2:Eric Seritella

Eric Seritella heats clay and stretches it to create a texture that looks like dried parched earth. He says that he was drawn to the technique during an artist residency in Taiwan a few years ago and he's done a lot of experimenting with it since then. He begins by throwing or handbuilding a form and often applies sand or grog to the surface and may even stamp or scratch the surface. While the clay is still wet, he heats the surface with a torch, but the heat only dries the surface. With the surface now dry, he expands the body resulting in cracks and fissures in the surface.

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Clay Artists that use Relief Surface Decoration on their work: Artist#1: Wayne Bates

Sgraffito comes from the Itailian word graffito meaning "to scratch," and Wayne Bates does more than scratch the surface with this informative tutorial on the tips and techniques of getting the best results. Using both cutting and scratching techniques, he demonstrates the finer points of line work, scraping large areas and cross-hatching. If you're into making your own glazes, he's provided 19 colorful engobes along with 5 recipes for various clear glazes.