Ceramic Resist Techniques

Not long into his ceramics career jim gottuso discovered shellac resist is a great alternative to wax resist for creating decoration with depth on ceramic work.

Ceramic resist techniques.

If the coating seems thin apply a second coat of wax resist. Everyone at the studio writes for the blog on many topics. Oct 28 2013 explore judy snyder s board art resist technique followed by 210 people on pinterest. The color fires off in the kiln.

This blog shows 4 different ways to use wax resist including. Techniques for using wax resist. Gary has some great images and explanations of some of the ways that he applies colored slip to decorate his pots. Jul 27 2018 explore camilla lyle s board wax resist and other resist techniques followed by 3784 people on pinterest.

After glazing wipe any beads of glaze material off the bottom and bottom edge of your pot. Gottuso was enamored with the idea of using wax resist for surface decoration. Allow the resist to dry completely before applying glazes to the pot. Gary jackson shares a similar technique but uses wax resist and wipes off the extra slip.

From studio life to garden projects from chickens to making pottery read about our experiences at rat city studios. See more ideas about wax resist pottery techniques ceramic techniques. The technique of painting a layer of wax resist over glaze is sometimes called resist inlay and requires only wax resist a tool such as a wire loop sgraffito tool a small paintbrush glazes or underglazes and of course a design. The only problem was the wax resist didn t do well with delicate decoration or thin brushwork.

Carol offers some tips about spraying glazes and the equipment that she uses. You know exactly where you applied it. In this technique slip is brushed onto damp or leather hard clay after a resist of some form has been applied. The wax resist will fire off the pot in the kiln.

The wonderful part of this wax resist is its purple color. Marks wax on resist. Slips can be used with resists in order to decorate pottery. No scrap mishima a lay mans way to foot waxing using wax over glazes and.

This a pottery studio staple is non toxic wax that can be used on both bisque and between glaze layers. After waxing allow the resist to dry thoroughly.