1. RELIEF SCULPTURE SLAB TILE

2. OBJECTIVE
To relate relief sculpture methods to the elements and principles of design on a tile
Tell a story using the element of space
Understand how relief sculptures have been used in history and as an art form
Use a non-traditional finish on a ceramic surface

3. Some sculptures are meant to be viewed from all sides
Some sculptures are meant to be viewed from all sides. They are “fully three-dimensional”.

4. The “viewpoint” for some sculptures are even underneath!

5. RELIEF SCLULPTURE is “frontal” - meant to be viewed from one side only (the front) - even though details and sculpting are quite three-dimensional.

7. Today we see Relief carvings most often on the pediments of government buildings, monuments and sometimes school buildings built in the classic style of architecture.

8. Contemporary ceramics has evolved, and often the functional becomes the sculptural and the sculptural becomes the functional.

9. Pennsylvania ceramic artist David Stabley not only alters traditional, functional forms, but uses shape, surface, texture, and color to tell stories on clay.

10. Originally trained as a printmaker, David uses the clay surface as his canvas on which he draws, paints, and carves .

18. What do you notice about Stableys work?

19. YOUR TASK Create a story that will be told through a relief tile
Story ideas:
song
an event in your life
fairytale
movie
historic event

20. SPACE Foreground Middle ground Background Size relationship
Objects that are large
Objects that are small

21. Preliminary drawings
Create 2 very different ideas for your preliminary drawing
Try to convey what will be added on and what will be carved
Show how you will use texture

22. VOCABULARY Relief low relief High relief Compostition Foreground
Middle ground
Background
Narrative
Texture
Space
Size relationship
Patina

23. CRITERIA Include foreground, middle ground and background
Have large, medium and small shapes
Shapes overlap
Areas that are built up
Added objects that extend off the edge
Two horizontal curved lines to divide space
Minimum of 3 vertical or diagonal line elements
Lines should extend across tile to reach edges
Finish Techniques 
Craftsmanship