Clay is removed or added to strategic areas which play with light and shadows thus creating an illusion of superficial depth across the clay surface.
Low relief ceramics.
High relief or alto relief whereby the sculpture projects at least half or more of its natural circumference from the background.
In the lowest reliefs the relative depth of the elements shown is completely distorted and if seen from the side the image makes no sense but from the front the small variations in depth register as a three dimensional image.
I have seen many potters use tar paper as a pattern making tool and have seen stencils used to create colorful designs with underglazes or glazes.
That leaves the design visually attached to the background area.
Low relief or bas relief whereby the motifs are only slightly raised above the surface.
He also shows how to use stencils to make low relief with thick slip.
A low relief is a projecting image with a shallow overall depth for example used on coins on which all images are in low relief.
But in today s post they are used slightly differently.
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Low relief describes carving into non freestanding clay.
And sunken relief incised coelanaglyphic or intaglio relief whereby the.
Ben carter explains how tar paper can be cut into a shape or pattern and then pressed into soft clay creating low relief.