Susan H. Park on thu 31 jul 97
Does anyone have experience with using a rapiograph pen and oxide, or
perhaps a dark stain for drawing on ceramic? Would love to have some
advice on this.
Susan
- In sunny :) Seattle!
Ric Swenson on fri 1 aug 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Does anyone have experience with using a rapiograph pen and oxide, or
>perhaps a dark stain for drawing on ceramic? Would love to have some
>advice on this.
>
>Susan
> - In sunny :) Seattle!
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I did a series of underglaze pencil drawings on kiln shelves (new,
un-washed Thorley cast mullite rectangular 18 X 24 X 1/2 " as I
remember...) It was like drawing on Rives ivory paper.....I experimented
with several colors of UG pencil and even used washes...by slightly wetting
areas....
AMACO has UG pencils, chalks and a crayon like thingie...I think.
Certainly mixing a liquid "ceramic ink" and loading it into a rapidograph
would be interesting to try......
Lots of possibilities.
The experience with my drawing on kiln shelves...some glazed with a clear
and some just fired at cone 10 to SET the colors was really helpful later
when I worked on the 8' by 60' ceramic mural by Larry Rivers in the Reading
Station in Philadelphia. Those were all drawn....decalled...or
painted......on porcelain 12 x 12 x 3/8" tiles that we made at Bennington
Potters.....where we did the murals. Take a look sometime. My favorite is
the carousel pig I drew from his original maquette.
Rivers said "You done good kid"....or something like that.
Have fun.
HTH
Ric
Ric Swenson, Bennington College, Route 67 -A, Bennington, Vermont 05201-6001
802 442-5401 x 262 vox x 237 fax or dedicated fax 802 442-6164
email: rswenson@bennington.edu
Tadeusz Westawic on fri 1 aug 97
Susan H. Park wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Does anyone have experience with using a rapiograph pen and oxide, or
> perhaps a dark stain for drawing on ceramic? Would love to have some
> advice on this.
>
> Susan
> - In sunny :) Seattle!
Hi,
I saw a ceramist using batik "pens" to good effect. These things are for
drawing on batik silk with wax, but she was doing real well with oxide
stains.
Tadzu
Marcia Selsor on fri 1 aug 97
For a fine line of an oxide, wax the surface, scratch the line in with a
needle tool, and sponge in the oxide and remove excess with a sponge.
Marcia in Montana
Susan H. Park wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> Does anyone have experience with using a rapiograph pen and oxide, or
> perhaps a dark stain for drawing on ceramic? Would love to have some
> advice on this.
>
> Susan
> - In sunny :) Seattle!
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Marcia Selsor
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls/
mjbmls@imt.net
Dawne Jenelle Fowkes on sat 2 aug 97
Susan,
I haven't done any experimenting with oxides and a rapidograph, but I have
done drawings on bisqued clay with oxide/water mixtures and a jaunting tool.
Jaunting tools are used for hot wax applications when batiking fabric. I
got interested in the possibilities of using the tool while taking a fiber
elective in undergrad. The tools come with different hole sizes so you can
achieve variable line widths. Drawback: you need to use a paper towel or
sponge underneath the tip so the oxides don't run out on your work area or
your pieces when you're not drawing with them.
With a little practice you can get really good! Hope this gives you some
ideas.
Cheers!
Dawne Jenelle Fowkes
Ventura, California
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