Ceramic Resist 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.

Ceramic resist techniques.

Allow the resist to dry completely before applying glazes to the pot. Carol offers some tips about spraying glazes and the equipment that she uses. The only problem was the wax resist didn t do well with delicate decoration or thin brushwork. The wonderful part of this wax resist is its purple color.

From studio life to garden projects from chickens to making pottery read about our experiences at rat city studios. Gottuso was enamored with the idea of using wax resist for surface decoration. You know exactly where you applied it. After glazing wipe any beads of glaze material off the bottom and bottom edge of your pot.

Slips can be used with resists in order to decorate pottery. The resist is placed in areas which are to remain slip free. Gary has some great images and explanations of some of the ways that he applies colored slip to decorate his pots. See more ideas about wax resist pottery techniques ceramic techniques.

If the coating seems thin apply a second coat of wax resist. No scrap mishima a lay mans way to foot waxing using wax over glazes and. See more ideas about art art techniques art lessons. After waxing allow the resist to dry thoroughly.

Techniques for using wax resist. 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. This blog shows 4 different ways to use wax resist including. Gary jackson shares a similar technique but uses wax resist and wipes off the extra slip.

Wax resist techniques protect the bottom of pottery. The wax resist will fire off the pot in the kiln. This a pottery studio staple is non toxic wax that can be used on both bisque and between glaze layers. Marks wax on resist.

In this technique slip is brushed onto damp or leather hard clay after a resist of some form has been applied. Jul 27 2018 explore camilla lyle s board wax resist and other resist techniques followed by 3784 people on pinterest.