More clay tests...

I cut out some shapes in earthenware clay and then drew portraits on top using sgraffito techniques.  I added some slip in a painterly fashion to some of the portraits, ready for bisque firing.

I also hand moulded two stamps in stoneware clay, to use to create patterns in soft clay.  I chose to create a flower and a vine pattern.

The final picture shows the beginning of a vase I plan to create using the coil method; I have started the vase here by making a thumb pot in stoneware clay on a spinner, then adding coils of clay using my hands before joining them to the layer below using a serrated kidney.  After this, I will smooth the lines out using a smooth rubber kidney.