Establishing relative depth in the tile

The tile is at this stage. I had to break for 10 days of Florida Heat - Wood Fire (which was beyond fabulous!) but now I'm back in my own studio. I have spent some time carving the parts I attached to the surface, so now the raised areas relate to the ground level better.

The finalizing begins! Today I'll work on surface textures. I would like the tile to show the same depth of relationships as the drawing. Since some of the ground level shapes are not receeding as well as I would like, I made a new stamp with a star burst pattern that is creating a nice rich embossed pattern. The heavier texture should fall behind the light pineneedle brushing once the glaze is applied. The raised forms will be taken to a relatively even state so I can see how they look untextured. Then I'll go back in and make some decisions. Since the glaze will be a fairly uncomplicated celadon, the textures should separate spatially by simply varying them in a straightforward way (letting the glaze break and pool across the surface to define the forms in space.)