Above: The head and scales of the dragon made out of clay.
Some year 8 students worked with Debbie to make the head out of clay. It was decorated with underglazes. Later it was cut into four parts.
Above: These are the legs of the dragon made from clay. A pattern for each leg was drawn up using the original design. Then a slab of clay was rolled out. The pattern was used to guide cutting the shape. Then the shape was made 3D by putting scrunched up newspaper underneath it. Then students rolled little pieces of clay and pushed them onto the leg to make the scales. Each leg was then painted with underglazes.
above: Year 7 students each made a scale for the dragon. They painted them with underglazes. Each scale is tilted upwards on the right hand side so that they can overlap each other on the dragon mosaic.
above: Year 8 students created the tail by rolling out clay and cutting out the shapes. Low relief designs were pressed into the clay with various tools. The tail was underglazed in yellow with a red underglaze wash put over it later.
above: Here are some of the scales in detail.
Awesome Deb - looks amazing, as always!
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