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PROJECTS ARCHIVE
CLAY TILE RELIEF Participants at the Raleigh Girls Club along with instructor Mickey Gault explored the creative process and the use of clay to create a unique clay tile mural. The students made clay stamps, drew their own original patterns on paper, and learned how to transfer their designs onto clay slabs. These steps were all in preparation for creating a large collaborative project. The girls then learned how to join clay slabs together to create one large piece nearly 4 feet by 8 feet. They decided on a strong and simple design, using each other and the mission of the The Raleigh Girls Club as inspiration. The girls learned how to create a bas relief out of clay before cutting the slab into smaller tiles. After underglazing and glazing the clay, the tiles were all numbered and traced to help with reassembling the pieces after the were fired in the kiln. The final week of the project was spent reassembling the mural and writing about the experience in the Artspace Outreach Program. For thirty years Mickey Gault has had her hands and soul immersed in clay. She worked as a potter for fifteen years, running her own studio, Feat of Clay, before moving to London, England in 1984. For three years she studied painting, sculpture, and drawing with the Inner London Education Authority. She works professionally as a sculptor and painter. Mickey has been an Artspace artist since 1989.
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