Conrad Krebs on tue 19 apr 11
Hello fellow Clayarters,
I'm trying different things with Mason Stains to get different effects.
I mixed a heaping teaspoon of stain into maybe 4 or 5 ozs of plain water
(no binders) and sprayed that onto bisque and let it dry. I then sprayed
glaze on top of the stain and fired it to about 1828 degrees. Worked
great, no crawling or other defects in the glaze. Because I have
opacifier in the glaze it muted the color of the underlying stain. No
surprise there I guess. I was actually hoping it would block out the
color completely except at the sharp edges of my design, but that didn't
happen.
Now in the spirit of experimentation I'm trying something completely
different. I've decided that I want to keep the opacifier since it's
part of the effect I'm looking for, but instead of blocking out the
color of the stain I want to enhance it. So I'm thinking about spraying
the glaze on first and the spraying the stain (again mixed with plain
water) on top of the wet glaze. I anticipate that as the glaze melts the
stain will become submerged into the top 1 or 2 mm of glaze thereby
fixing the stain into place. Has anyone out there ever tried this?
Thanks, Conrad
Lynn Goodman Porcelain Pottery on tue 19 apr 11
Hi Conrad,
I sometimes paint mason stains onto my glaze then smudge them in so
they looked softer; I am going for a "pastel drawing" effect. I've
found, at least with my glaze, that it makes a drier/matter surface
wherever the stain is applied. I like it--it gives the glaze more depth.
Lynn
On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Conrad Krebs wrote:
>
>
> Now in the spirit of experimentation I'm trying something completely
> different. I've decided that I want to keep the opacifier since it's
> part of the effect I'm looking for, but instead of blocking out the
> color of the stain I want to enhance it. So I'm thinking about
> spraying
> the glaze on first and the spraying the stain (again mixed with plain
> water) on top of the wet glaze. I anticipate that as the glaze melts
> the
> stain will become submerged into the top 1 or 2 mm of glaze thereby
> fixing the stain into place. Has anyone out there ever tried this?
>
> Thanks, Conrad
Lynn Goodman Porcelain
Cell 347-526-9805
www.lynngoodmanporcelain.com
Jeanie Silver on wed 20 apr 11
Hi Conrad
This works well-best if you mix a small amount of your base glaze in the
mason stain...
Jeanie in Pa
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