Pdragrande@AOL.COM on thu 8 jun 00
About a week ago Cheryl asked about masking pots so that she could apply
glazes to certain areas. I wrote her the following reply off list, but
thought I'd post it in hopes that it would be helpful:
Cheryl,
I don't know if this will help, but I will tell you a method I sometimes
use to put patterns in my glazes.
Usually I have some sort of texture on a pot if I am going to use this
method--for example a pattern impressed on the rim of a platter. I would
paint an iron-bearing slip over the pattern and wash the area with a sponge.
This leaves slip in the low places and washes it off of the top.
Then I dip the whole pot in a glaze, probably a white glaze. Then I draw
the pattern or picture lightly on the glaze with a marking pen. After I have
the lines the way I want them, I go over them with wax resist, giving me an
outline. Sometimes I do this without the marking pen.
Next I add glazes of other colors within the pattern or picture. I cover
all of the colored glazes with wax resist. Then I dip the whole piece in
another glaze, for example, blue.
The result is a blue pot, with white outlines and colored glazes. I can
do a fairly detailed drawing in this way.
If I wanted I could apply wax resist and glaze, fire high enough to
remove the wax, then apply more wax and glaze, etc. But I prefer to do it on
one glaze firing.
This isn't exactly what you described, but I hope it will give you some
ideas to think about.
Nancy
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