Natalie Blake, Tiles, Tree.

Natalie Blake, Tiles, Tree.

Natalie Blake is a ceramic sgraffito artist that has done many different tiles based on nature; like the ones above. These are the ones that stand out the most to me. She’s helped bring the image to life by distorting the clay. Placing different size and shaped molds under the clay did this. She uses a spray-painting gun to apply the slip to carve through it. This is done because it gives an even and smooth finish without leaving brush marks, it’s also used to blend two colours together. She puts a lot of thought in to the colours that she uses, from what I can see she uses the colours that represent the different times of year.