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text on a glaze - china paint

updated sun 24 feb 08

 

gayle bair on fri 22 feb 08


Judy, Fred & anyone wanting to to learn China painting,
Get Paul Lewing's new book "China Paint & Overglaze" see:
http://www.paullewingtile.com/
It's comprehensive & I'll be very surprised if you have
any questions after reading it.

Gayle Bair
Tucson AZ
Bainbridge Island WA
gayle@claybair.com
www.claybair.com




On Feb 22, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Judy Smith wrote:

> Where do you buy gum Arabic and would you please tell me where you
> buy your
> China paints from? I have been thinking about experimenting with
> China
> Paints. Is this mixture of the gum, glycerin, and vinegar only for
> lettering or do you use it for regular China painting as well?
>
> Thanks,
> Judy Smith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Paul
> Lewing
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:36 AM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: Text on a glaze
>
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Fred Parker wrote:
>
> I want to use the written word (poetry, etc.) to decorate small items
> like
> mugs and yunomi. I'd like to use a very small liner brush to inscribe
> text onto a glossy white surface. If anyone can advise re glaze to
> use
> for the ground, what to use for the text, and how to fire to avoid
> having
> everything run/blend together I would very much appreciate it.
>
> Fred, what you need for this is china paint. Snip>