Lily Krakowski on sun 10 aug 03
Suggestion:
1 Make a paper belt for your vase (make several) and then flatten the paper
out. PRACTICE writing your poem on the paper. Do it over and over again
till the words fit --no squishing here nor stretching there. Then do
another two paper samples so your hand REALLY remembers what it is doing.
2. I would suggest putting contrasting slip on the vase and scratching
through it. So: make a test tile--large-- or find another pot and slip it
and practice scraffito (scratching ) on it. Just to get the feel.
3. Slip your vase, and just to make sure, sketch your poem on it with
thinned india ink, or coffee. Then SCRATCH. When pot is dry be sure to
remove all burrs.
4. Forget scratching (don't I sound like a dermatologist?) Get some latex
and sacrifice a brush and letter your message on the bare body. When latex
is dry, cover the pot with constrasting slip. When that is good and dry,
peel off the latex. Be sure to remove it all, smooth out any burrs.
CHECK YOUR SPELLING! I ONCE MADE A PRESENTATION PLATE AND LEFT OUT ONE
LETTER.....DUH BIG TIME.
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
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