[Fiona]

Hi. I'm from Australia and I'm new to posting messages, forums and ceramics.
Could you please tell me if there are tools I can purchase that will enable me to paint, (or slip trail), glaze as evenly spaced and well controlled lines to bone dry or bisque fired vessels?
Thank you

[neilestrick]

Bulb trailers work well. If you can't find them, use an enema bulb with a bike pump needle stuck in the end.

[Lucille Oka]

Horizontal or vertical lines?

For horizontal lines a very good banding wheel and a striper brush or liner brush works well. For vertical lines tape off the area and use a bright shaped brush that is a little wider than the line(s) you are planning to apply.

[Marcia Selsor]

neilestrick, on 19 July 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

Bulb trailers work well. If you can't find them, use an enema bulb with a bike pump needle stuck in the end.

I have also used hypodermic needles inserted into cutoff ear syringes, but there are small slip applicators available now with an assortment of tip sizes. This is how I put the luster line on my avatar at the left.
This technique is known as tube lining. Charlotte Rhead was famous for tube lining. See this link:


http://www.studiopot...p.cgi?item=0367

Marcia

[Fiona]

neilestrick, on 20 July 2012 - 07:05 AM, said:

Bulb trailers work well. If you can't find them, use an enema bulb with a bike pump needle stuck in the end.

Thank you! That's a great help to begin experimenting with.
Cheers

[Fiona]

Lucille Oka, on 20 July 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

Horizontal or vertical lines?

For horizontal lines a very good banding wheel and a striper brush or liner brush works well. For vertical lines tape off the area and use a bright shaped brush that is a little wider than the line(s) you are planning to apply.

Many thanks! I love the generosity of ceramicists sharing information!

[Fiona]

Marcia Selsor, on 20 July 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

neilestrick, on 19 July 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

Bulb trailers work well. If you can't find them, use an enema bulb with a bike pump needle stuck in the end.

I have also used hypodermic needles inserted into cutoff ear syringes, but there are small slip applicators available now with an assortment of tip sizes. This is how I put the luster line on my avatar at the left.
This technique is known as tube lining. Charlotte Rhead was famous for tube lining. See this link:


http://www.studiopot...p.cgi?item=0367

Marcia

Many, many thanks! I look forward to discovering Charlotte Rhead's work!