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Decorating ceramics is one of the most rewarding aspects of working in clay. It’s the time when you can add color and life to a bare clay surface and show off your creative talents. There are scores of decorating techniques available, and here we present five successful ways to add that extra flair to your work to make it a masterpiece. Five Great Pottery Decorating Techniques: A How-to Guide for Decorating Ceramic Surfaces explains the ins and outs of these ever-popular ceramic decorating techniques!
Slip Transfers
by Jason Bige Burnett
Jason Burnett was influenced by the pots he saw in the cartoons of the fifties and sixties. His forms look a little cartoonish and his decorating technique consists of slip transfer, sgraffito, sponging and brushing.
Urchin Texture
by Annie Chrietzberg
Marcos Lewis used to live in the Pacific Northwest where he worked as a commercial fisherman. Although he moved inland long ago, he remembers the texture of sea urchins and has captured the texture in his pots. Here he describes the tools and techniques he uses to re-create one of Mother Nature’s most distinctive textures.
Color Underglaze Designs on a Small Canvas
by Alex and Lisa LaPella
Alex and Lisa LaPella view the small canvas as an integral part of their studio practice. Using the small trays, the LaPellas experiment and refine their decorating techniques until they’re just right. Here they describe a variety of decorating techniques for transferring imagery with graphite pencils to painting with foam pouncing brushes to achieve a wide range of marks on a small canvas.
Creating Interesting Patterns with Underglazes, Sgraffito Techniques, and a Rolling Pin
by Tracy Gamble
Tracy Gamble explains how she blended two artists’ techniques to take her own work in a new direction.
Colorful Earthenware Plates
BY Kristin Pavelka
Kristin Pavelka was influenced by the sgraffito wares from 11th and 12th century Iran, Scandinavian patterns, sugary confections, and mid-century design motifs. To combine all these influences, she turns to a combination of slip decoration and sgraffito, along with a palette of colorful pastels.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot Harnetty Editor, Ceramic Arts Network
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Get more than 25 FREE downloadable guides with recipes, techniques, and studio references—exclusive to Ceramic Arts Network! Sign up or log in to download your Freebie, and you will also receive a free subscription to our email newsletters!
Decorating ceramics is one of the most rewarding aspects of working in clay. It’s the time when you can add color and life to a bare clay surface and show off your creative talents. There are scores of decorating techniques available, and here we present five successful ways to add that extra flair to your work to make it a masterpiece. Five Great Pottery Decorating Techniques: A How-to Guide for Decorating Ceramic Surfaces explains the ins and outs of these ever-popular ceramic decorating techniques!
Slip Transfers
by Jason Bige Burnett
Jason Burnett was influenced by the pots he saw in the cartoons of the fifties and sixties. His forms look a little cartoonish and his decorating technique consists of slip transfer, sgraffito, sponging and brushing.
Urchin Texture
by Annie Chrietzberg
Marcos Lewis used to live in the Pacific Northwest where he worked as a commercial fisherman. Although he moved inland long ago, he remembers the texture of sea urchins and has captured the texture in his pots. Here he describes the tools and techniques he uses to re-create one of Mother Nature’s most distinctive textures.
Color Underglaze Designs on a Small Canvas
by Alex and Lisa LaPella
Alex and Lisa LaPella view the small canvas as an integral part of their studio practice. Using the small trays, the LaPellas experiment and refine their decorating techniques until they’re just right. Here they describe a variety of decorating techniques for transferring imagery with graphite pencils to painting with foam pouncing brushes to achieve a wide range of marks on a small canvas.
Creating Interesting Patterns with Underglazes, Sgraffito Techniques, and a Rolling Pin
by Tracy Gamble
Tracy Gamble explains how she blended two artists’ techniques to take her own work in a new direction.
Colorful Earthenware Plates
BY Kristin Pavelka
Kristin Pavelka was influenced by the sgraffito wares from 11th and 12th century Iran, Scandinavian patterns, sugary confections, and mid-century design motifs. To combine all these influences, she turns to a combination of slip decoration and sgraffito, along with a palette of colorful pastels.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot HarnettyEditor, Ceramic Arts Network