Monday, January 20, 2014

Undercoat Experiments

White coat and sanded lamb shack...

This kiln load is full of plates at the bottom and experiments with undercoating over brown Navajo Wheel Clay near the top. I like the clay showing through, but I also like to see strong color. Consequently, I've been working on layering a lot of color, and then sanding or sponging through it to see the brown clay underneath. After these come out of the kiln, they'll need a wash of coffee brown underglaze. The wash will be sponged back, to fill the texture. Then, they'll head back into the kiln for a final firing. Fingers crossed!


Layers of blue and purple with sanding...
Turquoise first...
Chartreuse and key lime sponged off...
Golden yellow undercoating... 
Turquoise and avocado sponged back...
Sand undercoating on a wall heart...
Another wall heart gets the same treatment...
White, then sand coating on birthday kids...
Colored and sanded...

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