Smith, Judy on sun 22 jul 07
Thank you for all your suggestions on what to use to create thin resist
lines. All of the suggestions were great and I tried most of them. For
my project I wanted to create 1/16"-1/8" lines that would give a stained
glass effect with thin lines of clay between the colors. I thought I
might list my test results in case anyone was interested.
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1. Put liquid wax in a squeeze bottle with a fine metal tip - wax
was thin and it often came out in large blobs (this could probably be
perfected with practice).
2. Put liquid wax in a ear syringe bulb with a fine metal tip - wax
was thin and sometimes came out in large blobs (this could be perfected
with practice)
3. Applied Aftosa black wax from the applicator bottle - was hard
to control the lines. Often skipped and then came out in blobs (this
could be perfected with practice)
4. Paint liquid wax on with a small paint brush - thickness of
lines was not consistent
5. Squeeze Elmer's glue lines directly onto the pot - lines looked
even to start, but as they dried they separated and contracted into
blobby dotted lines.
6. Squeeze hot glue lines directly onto the pot - lines were even
but too thick
7. Apply wax with a Ukrainian egg decorating took called a kistky -
The tips were all too small and the lines were too thin.
8. Apply wax with a Batik decorating tool called a tjanting - tools
were back ordered and not available
9. Drew lines with a vitamin E based lip liner - Lines would not go
into cracks on stoneware clay (might work well for porcelain)
10. Applied liquid wax with a ruling pen - worked great!!! I could
control the width of the line with the adjustment on the pen. Was very
easy to use.
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To create my final project I drew the lines with a ruling pen, covered
the design area with latex resist, dipped the pot in the background
color, removed the latex, painted glaze into the design areas with a
brush. Hope it looks good after it's fired.
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Judy Smith
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Veena Raghavan on sun 22 jul 07
Judy,
Thanks so much for sharing your results with detailed information. I love the
ruling pen, and have used it for underglazes. Now, inspired by your results,
I will try it with wax.
Hope the work fires well, and that you will be very happy with the results.
Veena
In a message dated 7/22/2007 6:24:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Judy.Smith@NSCC.EDU writes:
>
>
> To create my final project I drew the lines with a ruling pen, covered
> the design area with latex resist, dipped the pot in the background
> color, removed the latex, painted glaze into the design areas with a
> brush. Hope it looks good after it's fired.
>
>
VeenaRaghavan@cs.com
Teri Lee on mon 23 jul 07
Hi Judy,
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After you fire your work could you provide us with a link to an image so
we can see? Also, what is a ruling pen and how do you work it to make
the thin resist lines? I would love to try it!
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Thanks,
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Teri Lee
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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:01:30 -0500
From: "Smith, Judy"
Subject: Thin resist line test results
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Thank you for all your suggestions on what to use to create thin resist
lines. All of the suggestions were great and I tried most of them. For
my project I wanted to create 1/16"-1/8" lines that would give a stained
glass effect with thin lines of clay between the colors. I thought I
might list my test results in case anyone was interested.
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1. Put liquid wax in a squeeze bottle with a fine metal tip - wax
was thin and it often came out in large blobs (this could probably be
perfected with practice).
2. Put liquid wax in a ear syringe bulb with a fine metal tip - wax
was thin and sometimes came out in large blobs (this could be perfected
with practice)
3. Applied Aftosa black wax from the applicator bottle - was hard
to control the lines. Often skipped and then came out in blobs (this
could be perfected with practice)
4. Paint liquid wax on with a small paint brush - thickness of
lines was not consistent
5. Squeeze Elmer's glue lines directly onto the pot - lines looked
even to start, but as they dried they separated and contracted into
blobby dotted lines.
6. Squeeze hot glue lines directly onto the pot - lines were even
but too thick
7. Apply wax with a Ukrainian egg decorating took called a kistky -
The tips were all too small and the lines were too thin.
8. Apply wax with a Batik decorating tool called a tjanting - tools
were back ordered and not available
9. Drew lines with a vitamin E based lip liner - Lines would not go
into cracks on stoneware clay (might work well for porcelain)
10. Applied liquid wax with a ruling pen - worked great!!! I could
control the width of the line with the adjustment on the pen. Was very
easy to use.
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To create my final project I drew the lines with a ruling pen, covered
the design area with latex resist, dipped the pot in the background
color, removed the latex, painted glaze into the design areas with a
brush. Hope it looks good after it's fired.
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Judy Smith
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