#underglazing

[haunteddollsgeorg]

The evolution of a greenware piece

[crossroadsdog]

Dog coasters!

Breeds, clockwise from top left: German shepherd, Australian shepherd, Bassett Hound, Golden Retriever, Irish Setter

[moldspace]

i am so in love with your art and your art style!!! you inspired me to take my first ceramics class, which leads to my actual question…what glazes and glazing techniques you use?

my prof was talking about how layering glazes changes the colors n stuff…but you obviously make gorgeous painted figurines, often with layered colors! how do you do that?

(my professor did briefly talk about underglaze and colored slip, but she didn’t explain them very well or do a demo)

i have terrible trouble getting glazes to work, so the only glaze i actually regularly use is a clear glaze over - you got it - underglaze!

underglaze is kind of like slip but a lot less finnicky in when it wants to be applied, and also available in a lot more colors. it's pretty much as close as you can get to a "paint" that you can use on clay. i underglaze bone dry greenware, bisque it, and then put a clear glaze on top with my work, but you can also use it on wetter clay or on bisqueware, it's pretty flexible. the only thing is it won’t fire shiny at all, it fires to the same kind of texture (and porousness) as raw clay, so you do need a clear glaze to get that effect. i haven't done this much but i've heard it can also be watered down to be used like a watercolor, and you can blend and mix underglazes to get new colors, and i've even seen some underglaze crayons/pastels being sold that are supposed to let you draw onto your clay. it's a very versatile material, but a little pricey and can be hard to find at art supply stores that aren't specifically for ceramics.

it also will go on completely opaque but fire thinner and more transparent than it looks, which always drives me a little crazy. 2-3 coats is recommended if you want your colors looking solid and not blotchy. sort of related to this i have favorite and least favorite brands, lol. i use coyote underglazes when i can because they're a little thicker than other brands and therefor easier to get a thick coat on.

[ashmoleanmuseum]

Radial-Patterned Dish

This underglazed fritware dish with a delightful radial pattern is from 13th-century Iran.

The rise of fritware drastically changed the ceramic art form in Islamic countries around this time. Fritware was largely made of quartz with small amounts of glass and fine white clay, and Islamic potters used it creatively as a background for a variety of incised, moulded and painted decoration.

Underglazing had also become a popular technique by the turn of the 13th century. Potters initially experimented with the application of a black slip under the glaze (‘silhouette’ ware) until they obtained full control over thin pigments which would not run during the firing, as you can see on this object.

[fortheloveofalia]

squeezed out some kitties onto little pendants. cat necklaces anyone? #workinprogress #underglazing #freeflow #handmade #handpainted #catscatcats #catpottery #fortheloveofalia #insta_pottery #pottery #ceramickitties #ceramics #instapottery #claycats #catart #kitties #ceramicjewelry #silly (at Malibu, California)

[haunteddollsgeorg]

Freshly underglazed octopus jar! Into the kiln she goes

[haunteddollsgeorg]

Monday night WIPs

[fortheloveofalia]

yet another orchid pot gets its stripes.⚱🖌 I'm looking forward to see what this combination of colors looks like after its gets fired. 🔥⚱🔥 #underglazing #bisqueware #fortheloveofalia #insta_pottery #pottery #ceramicpot #ceramics #instapottery #workinprogress #wheelthrownpottery #handpainted #finebrush #freehand #stripes #orchidpot #flowerpot #potwithholes #oneofakind (at Malibu, California)