Warren Heintz on tue 2 jan 07
Re hearting a piece in the kitchen oven,if it fits and
then applying several coats of a good paste wax will
produce a nice and lasting finish. It will be hot to
work with so take care.
--- Charles Hazelaar wrote:
> I don't have the answer, but I share the problem. I
> work in sculpture and
> my glaze chemistry is way behind my forms. I have
> tried glazes that led me to
> consider sandblasting the work to try to salvage the
> art. I am starting to
> test everything, but meanwhile I have tried acrylics
> with a wax polish.
>
> Charles Hazelaar
> Cape Canaveral, F
>
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Charles Hazelaar on tue 2 jan 07
I don't have the answer, but I share the problem. I work in sculpture and
my glaze chemistry is way behind my forms. I have tried glazes that led me to
consider sandblasting the work to try to salvage the art. I am starting to
test everything, but meanwhile I have tried acrylics with a wax polish.
Charles Hazelaar
Cape Canaveral, F
stephani stephenson on wed 3 jan 07
this is a common occurrence in sculpture....sometimes
you just need to get some color on the piece to work
with it and see it and develop it...
paint and cold finishes are valuable in that they let
you actually experiment with color, even if you are
developing a palette you can later translate back into
fired glazes.
one problem you want to avoid is fading of paint from
exposure to UV rays
you will want to use high quallity paints that have
the highest possible pigment content possible, and if
you varnish, use a varnish which will offer UV
protection
i would suggest Golden brand acrylics or the
equivalent, especially if you have access to a good
supplier.
Golden acrylics are 100% pigment, thus they will not
fade, or at least be as fade resistant as anything
else out there. there are no fillers in their paint
products, and they outperform standard paints sold in
art stores, especially compared to student or 'hobby'
grade paints.
in addition Golden offers a tantalizing array of
products.
I use to love their airbrush acrylics and fluid
acrylics (fluid acrylics are liquid, but not as thin
as airbrush acrylics)
i would apply acrylics as washes, so they soaked into
clay, then could wipe off, etc. was a nice look,
letting the clay show through, often looked like
watercolor or stains...and since the clay was soaked
into the clay rather than sitting on the surface of
the clay, it was less prone to surface damage.
also they had a line of matte acrylics which was
nice, sans the acrylic plastic look.
finally golden offered a fabulous selection of
specialty gessoes and varnishes and mediums. some
found useful were their hard varnishes, very durable,
UV resistant in matte, satin or gloss
and i found their color palette to be extraordinary
another great product i discovered was water soluble
oil paints,
Winsor newton and Grumbacher make them.
these can be thinned with water an applied as washes.
they are true oil paints but the linseed oil molecule
has been modified
so that it is receptive to dissolving in water.
otherwise they dry like oils etc...but no need for
solvents.
in the end i returned to fired surfaces, but for a
time i wanted to play with painting techniques and
loved the ability to actually place a color where i
wanted it , and see the results as i worked!
Stephani Stephenson
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