I got so much done this past week! I made my tile, and I painted it, and i even started carving out the flowers in the underglaze! I’ve been using this small knife looking carving tool because i find it is easier to hold and control to make the small thin lines. A challenge i found with doing this though was that it can be hard to get the underglaze out of the lines because it’s much thinner and more delicate than if i used a different tool.

I chose black as the underglaze color (it looks grey but in reality it is black and will get darker when it goes in the kiln) because it’ll have the sharpest contrast i think with the clay’s color and make it seem more white than if i were to choose a dark blue or purple or something i think. So far I am feeling good about what I’ve made and I am hoping it will end up working out how i want it to!