Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Decorative Surfaces

I am quite interested in the surface decoration of pieces.
In the past, I concentrated mainly on three styles of pottery.
1. the low fire majolica, mostly red clay, white glossy glaze with overglaze painting using Mason Glaze stains. This was mostly for personal use at home.





 2.  the cone 6 porcellainous white stoneware:  it was a blend of P300 (porcelain) and M370(light colored stoneware), which I mixed myself because I had a pug mill.
The dark blue and white with gold trim:
this was thrown with quite clean profiles, and decorated with sgraffito patterns in the navy slip.  Glazed with a clear gloss and then a third firing to add the gold.  Note to self-- I don't want to do any more luster decorations--toxic fumes.
3. And the third main style was of course the bunny-ware.  Same cone 6 clay body, with an off-white satin glaze, with molded additions, overglaze decoration in pink, brown and greens using mason stain/glaze combo.

4. In addition, there was a smaller group of pots that turned out quite well.  The same cone 6 clay body, carved designs with a variety of blue, green and turquoise clear glazes, sometimes with white satin.  Usually a different color inside the pot than the outside.

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