4.5" x 6.25" x 0.5"
ceramic tile
"Mahler's 5th Alone"
$75

This piece is made from buff colored earthenware clay. It was covered with thick coats of brown and black underglaze while still in its greenware state.

A sgraffito tool was used to then carve out the woman. This "drawing through highlights" technique produced the result I wanted. You can really feel this woman as she lies alone in the dark, listening to Mahler's 5th Symphony.

She was then bisque fired to cone 04. A clear coat of glaze was applied and she was glaze fired to cone 05.

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