TRADITION

Project Goal:

Use the relief print to print-on-clay and create a vessel out of clay.

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Printing on Clay:

Block or relief printing is a great transfer technique for any kind of image, text or design you want on your work. Whether simple or complex, finished linocuts can even be the finished works on their own (figure 1). When inked with underglaze or slips, you can use the blocks to print directly onto clay or push them into the surface for embossing. Linoleum or lino, as it’s commonly called, is flexible and works on flat and curved surfaces making it versatile to use. Clay, plaster, wood and rubber can also be used for block printing.

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Process:

I decided to tread this process exactly how I would when printing on paper, I just replaced the paper with a clay slab and used a brayer instead of a press.