Linda Mccaleb on thu 24 sep 09
=3DA0 Hello Clay folk=3D0A=3DA0 I was wondering if someone knows how to mak=
e Egyp=3D
tian Paste. And also, for a different look, how to made a form with a clois=
=3D
onne look to it.=3D0A=3DA0 Thank you,=3D0A=3DA0 Linda=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
Snail Scott on fri 25 sep 09
On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Linda Mccaleb wrote:
> ...for a different look, how to made a form with a cloisonne look to
> it...
For a cloisonne look (colors divided by low
ridges), I'd make a thin plaster slab, carve
lines into it, then roll clay onto it. Let it stiffen
a bit, cut shapes fusing a pattern (or not), and
then use to build with. You will have to restore
the ridges where you join the slabs, but that
isn't tough if your joints are tidy. Alternatively,
you can emphasize the joints by laying coils
over them.
Fill the cloisons (that's the term for the
separate 'valleys' between the ridges) with
glaze using a suitably-sized brush. (It's
pretty much the same process as is used with
actual cloisonne, just using glass vs. glaze...)
You could use an engobe under the glaze to
color the ridges between the colors. I'd apply
that before bisque firing, so that you can clean
up any glaze errors without wiping off the
engobe. You could even use a metallic luster
on the ridges afterward. Or, you could let a
little glaze get onto the ridges, then use china
paint to delineate them more sharply after the
glaze firing.
Or you could take up metal enamelling!
-Snail
| |
|
