Annie on mon 13 oct 03
I have recently started decorating tiles and tableware in the bisque
with underglaze and underglaze pencils. I really like the pencils as
my main media to this point have been graphite and colored pencil (on
paper)and I find my style translates well. The problem I am having,
though, is the pencils seem brittle, don't take a point well, and
often seem to have been broken in the shell so there is a LOT of
wastage. The pencils I am using are the AMACO blue and black
underglaze pencils. I like the colors and results I am getting; just
wondering if there are other pencils available that are less fragile?
Annie Fitt
& the Ragtag Horde ~ Whippets, of course!
www.fittsisters.com
Hendrix, Taylor J. on mon 13 oct 03
Annie,
If you are willing to go "Hendley", you should make your=20
own. Check out Ceramics Monthly, Jan 1988 (v.36 n.1) page
43. It's a sidebar of an article on Jeanne Otis. In it,
Jeanne tells how to make colorant pencils, crayons, chalks
and watercolors for ceramic work. Pretty easy.
I am thinking of using these types of things for my "Waco
tiles" I am going to send to Janet sometime this millineum.
Taylor, in Waco
p.s. If you don't have access to the CM, respond and someone
on the list can describe the process.
-----Original Message-----
From: Annie [mailto:ragtaghorde@CS.COM]=20
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:25 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Underglaze pencils?
I have recently started decorating tiles and tableware in the bisque
with underglaze and underglaze pencils. I really like the pencils as
my main media ...
Ivor on tue 14 oct 03
I use European pencils here and they are brittle. However, dipping
them occasionally in water helps immensely!
Ivor
Ivor J Townshend
Macclesfield UK
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