Richard Burkett on sun 2 aug 98
Monona Rossol is quoted as saying:
> The woman who called wanted to know if items fired with these china paints
> were safe for use with food. I have never seen a single study of these
> painted pieces. While I assume the are lead and that they probably leach, I
> don't have any data.
It's very unfortunate that Monona seems always willing to make such
unsupported, fear-inducing statements as this one stating her assumption
that ALL china paints contain lead, yet she rales at manufacturers for
their lack of information or misinformation. Not very good science and NOT
a good way to convert people to safer ways of working in the studio.
For many years china paints did contain lead and were mixed with various
painting oils for application. However, in recent years a number of brands
of lead-free, water-based china paints have been released, including at
least one of the brands cited by Monona.
I, too, wish that manufacturers would lable their products more completely,
and I'm all for safety in the studio, but please, not fear mongering.
Richard Burkett
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Birdsall Worthington Pottery Ltd. on fri 23 oct 98
Hello,
I would like to find a source of china paint like the product made by
Duncan ceramics called "Color Cache". The nice thing about this material
is that it is the same color fired or unfired. However, the format is a
small densely pressed cake, like a watercolor pan. Alcohol and some type
of medium are used to soften the cake and make it brushable. This amount
is fine for small motifs but I would like to be able to charge a brush with
color and make long strokes up the side of say an 11" vase.
Do you know of any bulk source for this kind of material?
Thank you,
Tim Worthington
Birdsall-Worthington Pottery Ltd.
590 South Main Street
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Canada B0J 2E0
Paul Lewing on mon 26 oct 98
Tim,
I get china paint in bulk from a number of different suppliers. I get
it as a dry powder, and you can mix it with whatever medium you like
(I use water). Here are phone numbers from the suppliers I use most:
Willoughby's Color & Supply, 530-677-1071
Rynne China Co. 800-468-1987
Joyce Berlew Country Arts Studio, 315-497-3333
Call them and ask for price lists.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
ceramics@epix.net on mon 26 oct 98
In article ,
"Birdsall Worthington Pottery Ltd." wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello,
>
> I would like to find a source of china paint like the product made by
> Duncan ceramics called "Color Cache". The nice thing about this material
> is that it is the same color fired or unfired. However, the format is a
> small densely pressed cake, like a watercolor pan. Alcohol and some type
> of medium are used to soften the cake and make it brushable. This amount
> is fine for small motifs but I would like to be able to charge a brush with
> color and make long strokes up the side of say an 11" vase.
>
> Do you know of any bulk source for this kind of material?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tim Worthington
> Birdsall-Worthington Pottery Ltd.
> 590 South Main Street
> Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
> Canada B0J 2E0
>
-- Have you tried Rynne China in Hazel Park Michigan ? (800) 468-1987.
Andy
CERAMICS & SUCH
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John Rodgers on sun 3 jan 99
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Does anyone have the address, phone number, e-mail address, and/or URL for
Willoughby's, the company that produces and sells china paints?
Have lost my materials with their address.
Thanks.
John Rodgers
In Alabama
Toni Hall on mon 4 jan 99
John Rodgers wrote:
John,
Kay Knapp sells Willoughby China Paints. PO Box 1355, Morongo Valley, CA
92256, phone 760-363-7361. I hope this helps. Toni in NM
Paul Lewing on mon 4 jan 99
John,
Willoughby's is at PO Box 574, Shingle Springs, CA, 95682. Phone
530-677-1071. No email or web site that I know of.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris on mon 11 oct 99
-------------------
I recently inherited a wonderful big wooden box of c. 50's ceramic supplies.=
It
included marvelous old Duncan sprig molds for little flowery and leafy =
appliques
for what must have been a porcelain hobby. Anyway, there are fifty or so =
tiny
vials of powdered china paints. Does anyone know if these would be
lead-containing? Presuming they are, I will use them with caution, but the =
next
question is- is there any greater vapor hazard from these in the fire than =
our
current commercial lo-fire glazes?
Jim Brooks on tue 12 oct 99
Im sure that some of the colors of your china paints contains lead. However,
i cannot tell you which ones. ( and you only use them on the outside anyway)
These will work well on low or high fire glazes and should be fired in the
022-019 range..a little cooler than the liquid gold. MUST HAVE GOOD
Ventilation.!! To use these colors.. mix a little powder with oil of cloves
and oil of wintergreen, and/or oil of lavender. ( all from a drug store.).
use a flat bladed pallet knife and grind them on a tile or a piece of glass.
use small qtys. and only a drop of so of the oil..until you can brush them..
The different oils make them handle differently. Good luck.. this can be
fun...........
Nanci Bishof on tue 12 oct 99
Standard Ceramics still sells those China Paints. There is an odorous medium
mixed with them prior to painting onto the ceramic surface. Some colors do
contain lead. The medium is fairly toxic and is volatile. Use in a well
ventilated area. There are newer mediums and water-based China Paints.
Bill Williams on tue 12 oct 99
I'm no chemist, but I did some china painting several years ago. It is a
completely different art form than ceramics and the pieces we painted were
never expected to be used to eat or drink out of. The cups are only painted
on the outside and the plates are usually painted to be hung on the wall or
as a decoration. I also painted on little boxes and the like. If you go to
a china painting shop, you will find all kinds of things to do. You can
make some beautiful things, if you really get into it. China painting is
slow. You paint a little bit and then you fire it. You add more and fire
again and so on until you finish your design or picture. You fire at a very
low temp so I don't think there is any danger. I never heard anyone say
that there was anything dangerous in the paint after it is mixed. There is
a paint box that you need to get in order to properly store you mixed paint.
You mix all your colors one at a time on a mixing tile and then put each
one in a spot on the glass which fits in the box. The paint stays workable
for several months. You just use your painting medium to soften it up. You
have to have a completely different mind-set when you are china painting
than when you do ceramics. In fact when I switched back to the pottery and
ceramics after several years of china painting and doll making, I had to
completely learn all over again. It is very different. Connie
-----Original Message-----
From: Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 10:42 AM
Subject: China Paints
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
-------------------
I recently inherited a wonderful big wooden box of c. 50's ceramic supplies.
It
included marvelous old Duncan sprig molds for little flowery and leafy
appliques
for what must have been a porcelain hobby. Anyway, there are fifty or so
tiny
vials of powdered china paints. Does anyone know if these would be
lead-containing? Presuming they are, I will use them with caution, but the
next
question is- is there any greater vapor hazard from these in the fire than
our
current commercial lo-fire glazes?
John Rodgers on wed 13 oct 99
I would suspect there is some lead present in at least some of the paints. I ran
production procelain studio for years and we bought our paints in one lb, 5 lb,
10 lb quantities. There was definitely lead in some of them. We were aware, and
consequently ventilated well.
Though many teach the use of lavender oils, oil of wintergreen, red grounding oi
etc, with china paints, for our purposes good old Squibb Mineral oil worked fin
Was cheap too. We used the oil in the conventional way. Add a few drops to the
powdered china paint, the grind on a grinding glass. We used so much paint that
usually made up a stiff paint paste in a ball about the size of a chinese chestn
The paint then was drawn out thin by the brushes.
Can't tell you how many times people came into the studio and were stunned at o
techniques and what we were doing. They would tell us "You can't do that that wa
We would just look at them and say "Oh!", and keep right on. We found what worke
and what worked often flew in the face of accepted wisdom among porcelain perso
One case in particular. We cleaned porcelain greenware by first fettling and
chasing the casting seams, then washing with a sponge and water. That upset lot
folks who had been taught that you must fire to light bisque then sand. To my wa
thinking all that does -firing to light bisque- is permit a little rougher
handling...and the firing absolutely requires sanding.. Strange how people get
locked into a way of thinking just because someone else did it that way and taug
it as gospel.
One other thing. We often used turpinoid oderless thinner for certain applicatio
with the paints. Other odorless thinners may work as well.
Anyway, enjoy your china painting........and ventilate well!
John Rodgers
In New Mexico
"Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris" wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> -------------------
> I recently inherited a wonderful big wooden box of c. 50's ceramic supplies. I
> included marvelous old Duncan sprig molds for little flowery and leafy appliqu
> for what must have been a porcelain hobby. Anyway, there are fifty or so tiny
> vials of powdered china paints. Does anyone know if these would be
> lead-containing? Presuming they are, I will use them with caution, but the nex
> question is- is there any greater vapor hazard from these in the fire than our
> current commercial lo-fire glazes?
deborah goletz on wed 13 oct 99
Yes, the fumes produced by firing china paints are much, much more toxic
than those produced by most commercial low fire glazes. Make sure your
kiln is well vented!
Best,
DeBorah Goletz
Mike Gordon on mon 14 feb 00
Hi kids!
I have been doing a little cleaning in the studio today and came across
some glass vials,1/4" in dia.x2"tall - some have screw on plastic caps
others corks, somebody gave me years ago. Some are china paints, the
others are labled by color only. The lable reads-- " Mrs. Beatrice
Stahl " 7522 East Second st. , Downey, Ca. Does anyone know if she is
still in business? thanks Mike Gordon
Paul Lewing on sun 7 oct 07
On Oct 7, 2007, at 3:24 PM, catherine seidenberg wrote:
I would like to paint porcelain ornaments with
brightly colored, matte finish paints/glazes. I don't know anything
about china paints..would they be a proper medium?
Maybe. There is such a thing as matte china paints, but they don't
come in the incredible range of colors that regular china paints do.
I'd have to consult a catalogue to see if there are bright reds or
oranges, but I know there are bright yellows, blues, greens, etc.
They are best fired in an electric kiln, though. Some colors are
adversely affected by even the smallest amount of reduction.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
Joan Klotz on sun 7 oct 07
Hi Catherine,
How about Amaco Velvets? You can put them on bone dry greenware and
once fire to cone 06. I have tried several, without an overglaze, to
as high as cone 6 and got a nice matte finish - except for Amethyst
which got glossy on me.
Joan Klotz
Venice, CA
At 03:24 PM 10/7/2007, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to paint porcelain ornaments with
> brightly colored, matte finish paints/glazes.
catherine seidenberg on sun 7 oct 07
Hi everyone,
I would like to paint porcelain ornaments with brightly c=
olored, matte finish paints/glazes. I don't know anything about china paint=
s..would they be a proper medium? I have a large propane fired kiln, I fire=
to cone 10. Perhaps there is something that can be once fired to cone 06? =
Just curious if anyone has ideas. Thanks! Catherine
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:06:48 -0400
> From: wjsvt@SOVER.NET
> Subject: Re: Too Ruff to Handle
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>=20
> Lee:
> Matcha is usually a South American drink. Tony
> "might" be able to find it there (we can order it here), but he should
> instead ask his
> Chinese language teacher for the appropriate substitute for
> caffeinated coffee (what they drink), or just the Chinese word equivalent
> for caffeine and go to one of their stores for it.
> The Chinese use as much caffeine as Americans do.
> In fact, some of the catalogs we get sell Chinese "high energy" drinks
> here (printed in Chinese with English labels stuck on)
> that contain more caffeine in each one than four Jolt colas.
> WooHoo!!! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...ZOOM!
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> Best,
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> on my 7th cup of "hi-test" this morning
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> Lee Love wrote:
> > On 10/6/07, tony clennell wrote:
> >
> >
> >> the coffe Bev Walker sent me is in my cup right now. It's all gone aft=
er
> >> this and it's green tea. I may pee my pants trying to get enuff caffei=
ne in
> >> my system in the morning.
> >>
> >
> > Tony,
> >
> > Powdered Matcha green tea has 5 times more caffeine than
> > coffee does. Is it available in China?
> >
> >
> > --
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Kathy McDonald on mon 8 oct 07
I have once fired Mayco Stroke and Coats on low fire
earthenware often.
The clay I use is a white low fire clay and the colors are
quite good,
pieces must be thoroughly dry and fired very slowly.
Other cone 06 glaze brands would probably work too I just
prefer the Mayco
because they have a high clay content, and are convenient
when I don't
need to mix a whole batch of majolica glaze.
Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of
catherine
seidenberg
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 5:24 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: china paints
Hi everyone,
I would like to paint porcelain ornaments
with brightly colored, matte finish paints/glazes. I don't
know anything about china paints..would they be a proper
medium? I have a large propane fired kiln, I fire to cone
10. Perhaps there is something that can be once fired to
cone 06? Just curious if anyone has ideas. Thanks!
Catherine
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:06:48 -0400
> From: wjsvt@SOVER.NET
> Subject: Re: Too Ruff to Handle
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>
> Lee:
> Matcha is usually a South American drink. Tony
> "might" be able to find it there (we can order it here),
but he should
> instead ask his
> Chinese language teacher for the appropriate substitute
for
> caffeinated coffee (what they drink), or just the Chinese
word equivalent
> for caffeine and go to one of their stores for it.
> The Chinese use as much caffeine as Americans do.
> In fact, some of the catalogs we get sell Chinese "high
energy" drinks
> here (printed in Chinese with English labels stuck on)
> that contain more caffeine in each one than four Jolt
colas.
> WooHoo!!! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...ZOOM!
>
> Best,
> Wayne Seidl
> on my 7th cup of "hi-test" this morning
>
> Lee Love wrote:
> > On 10/6/07, tony clennell
wrote:
> >
> >
> >> the coffe Bev Walker sent me is in my cup right now.
It's all gone after
> >> this and it's green tea. I may pee my pants trying to
get enuff caffeine in
> >> my system in the morning.
> >>
> >
> > Tony,
> >
> > Powdered Matcha green tea has 5 times more
caffeine than
> > coffee does. Is it available in China?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lee in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
> >
> > http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
> >
> > "For a democracy of excellence, the goal is not to
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Paul Lewing on wed 10 oct 07
On Oct 9, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Russel Fouts wrote:
>> There is such a thing as matte china paints, but they don't come
in the incredible range of colors that regular china paints do. <<
Paul, I thought that china paints took on the texture of the surface
they were painted on. So, if you painted them on a matt glaze, they
would be matt. Or did I misunderstand something.
Not exactly. Regular china paints do have some sheen to them, so
even on an unglazed surface, there will be some shine. They will be
shinier on a glossy surface and more matt on a matt surface, but they
don't completely take on the surface they're on. And they matt ones
are really matt no matter what you put them on.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
Paul Lewing on wed 10 oct 07
On Oct 10, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Johanna De Maine wrote:
I have read in several different sources that China Paints can be
made matte
by adding a small quantity if Zinc Oxide. You would have to do a
line blend
to find the exact amount.
This is true. That is how they make the matte version matte. You
can add your own zinc oxide and make your own, but to be most
effective, each color requires a slightly different amount of zinc.
It's usually about 20-30% though. In the end, it's probably easiest
and best to just buy the matte paints ready made. One reason most
china painters don't even attempt to make their own, is that you
usually use a very small quantity. I've been doing quite a lot of
painting with the matte ones lately, and I buy them an ounce at a
time. An ounce of color will last me months.
By the way, the way many china painters get the zinc into their
paints is not by buying powdered zinc oxide and grinding it with
their paints, but by using zinc oxide sunscreen cream as a mixing
medium.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
Russel Fouts on wed 10 oct 07
>> There is such a thing as matte china paints, but they don't come
in the incredible range of colors that regular china paints do. <<
Paul, I thought that china paints took on the texture of the surface
they were painted on. So, if you painted them on a matt glaze, they
would be matt. Or did I misunderstand something.
Russel
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John Rodgers on thu 11 oct 07
Paul,
Nice tip, that one about the sunscreen. I used china paints for years
and never heard of it. Of course I was at the end of the continent in
Alaska, and din't hear of a lot of things.
BTW, interesting note about how long china paints can last. They do
indeed. However, volume of work dictates how much is needed on hand. In
my shop in Alaska, we bought our china paints by the pound from
Willoughby's. At the time, royal purple was the most expensive of
paints, like $180 lb. But that was because of the gold in it that was
required to get the purple color. That was back in the late '80's.
Haven't a clue how much it is now. Much higher I suspect, given the
price of gold these days. I remember around '72 gold was $35/ounce and
look at it now - somewhere around $800/ounce - last time I looked.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Paul Lewing wrote:
> On Oct 10, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Johanna De Maine wrote:
>
> I have read in several different sources that China Paints can be
> made matte
> by adding a small quantity if Zinc Oxide. You would have to do a
> line blend
> to find the exact amount.
>
> This is true. That is how they make the matte version matte. You
> can add your own zinc oxide and make your own, but to be most
> effective, each color requires a slightly different amount of zinc.
> It's usually about 20-30% though. In the end, it's probably easiest
> and best to just buy the matte paints ready made. One reason most
> china painters don't even attempt to make their own, is that you
> usually use a very small quantity. I've been doing quite a lot of
> painting with the matte ones lately, and I buy them an ounce at a
> time. An ounce of color will last me months.
> By the way, the way many china painters get the zinc into their
> paints is not by buying powdered zinc oxide and grinding it with
> their paints, but by using zinc oxide sunscreen cream as a mixing
> medium.
> Paul Lewing
> www.paullewingtile.com
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Johanna De Maine on thu 11 oct 07
Hello Paul and Paul
I have read in several different sources that China Paints can be made matte
by adding a small quantity if Zinc Oxide. You would have to do a line blend
to find the exact amount.
Regards
Johanna DeMaine
John Rodgers on mon 28 mar 11
Here you go - the ultimate source about china paints!
Sign up with these folks and get on the PPIOList then ask your
questions. You will get a flood of answers.
http://www.porcelainpainters.com/
John
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On 3/28/2011 4:13 PM, Lis Allison wrote:
> I know all the keeners on the List are in NCECA mode right about now....
> but I'm hoping someone who didn't get to go (like me.... sigh), might be
> able to help. I have a friend who wants to china paint a sink. We have a
> lot of the colours she needs, but no pink or orange. I can't seem to find
> anyone in Canada who sells china paints, and the suppliers I do find seem
> to only sell them in minute quantities.
>
> I used to get them from Pottery Supply House in Canada, but they no longe=
r
> carry them.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Lis
> --
> Elisabeth Allison
> Pine Ridge Studio
> website: www.pine-ridge.ca
> Pottery blog: www.studio-on-the-ridge.blogspot.com
> Garden blog: www.garden-on-the-ridge.blogspot.com
>
>
marci Boskie's Mama =3D^..^=3D on sun 3 apr 11
>From: John Rodgers
>Subject: Re: china paints
> Here you go - the ultimate source about china paints!
>Sign up with these folks and get on the PPIOList then ask your
>questions. You will get a flood of answers.
>
>http://www.porcelainpainters.com/
>John
Hey John,
MWAH !!! big kiss for the plug ! THANKS!
PPIO is the group that I started with a friend from Hawaii and I
now run it solo ..( Betty wanted to devote more time to her painting
) .. It is Clayart for chinapainters.
We have a listserv like this one ( sign up is free and is on our
mail website at www.PPIO.com ... Its the same website as
porcelainpainters.com but a lot easier to type ) . Word of warning:
we have a lot of hobby painters.. so the discussion goes astray
sometimes but ask away and your questions will be answered.
We also have the main website at www.PPIO.com ( or
www.porcelainpainters.com if you insist on wearing out your keyboard
) . There is good info there on the Library page... Articles on the
oils and mediums we use, airbrushing, even on lace draping ) ..and we
also have a members only section with lessons ( membership is $ 32 a
year for password access there .. You dont have to be a member to
access the free stuff like thelist, most of the website and the new
forum . The memberships just help me offset the costs of running
things and webspace ) .. Most of the lessons are on painting specific
subjects but there are some good technical articles there as well.. (
I am in the middle of redoing the website which hasnt been updated in yonks=
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We also have our forum www.PPIOforum.com where our members can
post lessons,pictures and video .. Lots of interesting stuff to ook
at there. You dont have to sign up to look at anything, only if you
want to post. Theres some nice work up .. a good variation
between traditional chinapainting and modern work .. and some good
step by step how to info including info on some of the more unusual
techniques like portraiture, resinate lusters, gold, raised texture,
glass to clay fusing, metallics and interference colors.
So PLEASE, yes.. check us out.. ( I have a classroom set up on
the forum for my work: Classroom # 1 ,Marci Blattenberger )... and
feel free to email me at any time..
By the way , NCECA was great except for tornados too nearby ! (
YIKES !) ... Paul Lewing and I did a breakout workshop on
chinapainting and had a great crowd ....
So , if you are a painter at heart.. or are looking to obtain
more painterly effects in your work or just want more color ,
chinapainting may be for you ...
Marci ( the chinapainter )
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