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Underglaze
Underglazes, or engobes, are colored slips formulated to have low drying shrinkage, allowing application to bone-dry or bisque-fired surface before glazing. Because of their wide palette of color options, underglazes are very popular with many potters and ceramic artists. So popular, we decided to give them their own category. In this category, you’ll see how underglazes can be used and see beautiful examples of work by artists successfully using them. And don't forget to download your free copy of the 2008 Ceramic Workshop Handbook: Clay Tools and Ceramic Studio Reference . This handy studio reference includes valuable technical references and great clay tools to help you with forming, surface decoration and firing. Plus, it has a comprehensive directory of manufacturers and suppliers that provide ceramic equipment, raw materials, clay tools and ceramic supplies.
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March 18, 2009
Patience, Patience: Using Slips and Stains to Add Detailed Decoration to Bone Dry Ceramic Sculpture
Ceramic sculptor Scott Ziegler's shares his unconventional ceramic decorating technique using cone 6 slips and commercial stains and explains how he arrived at this process.
February 4, 2009
Freeze Frame: Using Photography to Capture Inspiration for Ceramic Art
Today, we'll see some of ceramic artist Lee Akin's photographs and learn how he uses stains, glazes and underglazes to create surfaces inspired by his photographs. Plus, Lee shares some of the slip and glaze recipes he uses to achieve the effects that he wants.
August 18, 2008
Layering Commercial Underglazes and Silk Screened Images to Create Contemporary but Rustic Ceramics
Inspired by 16th-century French potter Bernard Palissy, whose creations swam, slithered and crawled with creatures from nature, John McCuistion uses modern ceramic tools to create platters that evoke the same rustic flavor as Palissy's did hundreds of years ago. John layers commercial underglazes and silk-screened images and then uses a unique washing technique to create his rich surfaces.
July 28, 2008
Building up Luminescent Surfaces with Commercial Underglazes
Wow! The first time I saw photos of Jeffrey Nichols’ pottery (and pretty much every subsequent time), I couldn’t help but say wow. I’d suspect it is a fairly typical reaction to the vibrant (and vibrant is a bit of an understatement) surfaces of his vessels. Well, today, Jeffrey kindly shares his technique with us.
February 25, 2008
Mixing it Up: Using Stains and Underglazes to Create a Patina
The bold, expressive line work and warm color palette of Rohrersville, Maryland, artist Hunt Prothro’s work are born out of visits to Paleolithic cave sites in Southern France. Susan Chappelear recently attended a workshop given by Hunt Prothro at the College of Southern Maryland and gives us these details on how Prothro creates his beautiful patina.
