February 11th, 2008 by admin
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February 7th, 2008 by admin

This is a small porcelain vessel I made, approximately three inches tall, showing one of the problems I had with painted underglaze. The underglaze designs are a lot more detailed before the glaze is added. Later I tried to correct this by spraying, which mars the design less, but ends up being thinner, which makes for a rough surface. After firing, to clean up the blurriness of the design, I painted over it with chinapaints and fired it again.
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February 4th, 2008 by admin
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February 3rd, 2008 by admin



This is one of a series of porcelain vessels I made a couple years ago. I’ve been using powdered cobalt on porcelain bisque fired to cone 04. One of the things we tried, in order to reduce fading, was to fire it again before glazing. It didn’t work very well. I also tried spraying on the clear glaze instead of dipping it. That, also, didn’t work very well to reduce fading, but it did help cut back on the smearing. Kurt Weiser does pieces like this frequently, and he uses a midnight blue underglaze instead of powdered cobalt. I think I should just find out what brand he uses and do that, next time I want to do cobalt painting.
This piece is just under four inches tall.
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February 2nd, 2008 by admin
I got a new photography setup, so I thought I’d photograph some old pieces I had lying around in my studio. This piece is one of my favorites, because it’s comfortable to hold and has a nice weight to it, plus the face cheers me up.
This is a high fired stoneware ball, b-mix with Stephen Hill yellow.
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