Using Commercial Ceramic Glazes and Underglazes to Achieve Color, Depth, and Complexity! Dive into the world of ceramic glazes, underglazes, and stains in this FREE PDF!
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Underglazes are basically clay-based materials with ceramic stains and metallic oxides added to create a full spectrum of color in your work. They’re the fastest, easiest, and most dependable way for you to add pizzazz to your pottery or sculptures for just an accent or an entire surface treatment. Like many other art materials, underglazes come in a wide variety of forms—liquid, dry, chalks, pens, and pencils—so no matter what your background, a ceramic surface awaits your colorful treatment.
Included in this free PDF:
A World of Color
by David L. Gamble
Underglazes are one of the most popular ways to add color to clay surfaces. They're easy to use, and underglaze colors are pretty much a "what you see is what you get" kind of proposition—blue fires blue and orange fires orange. The best part is that underglazes come in all forms like underglaze pens, pencils, crayons, and more!
Homemade Underglazes
by Holly Goring
Underglazes are widely available but if you’re adventurous, you may want to try to mix your own. Holly provides a basic recipe and instructions for creating your own underglazes and the special instructions required for success.
Creating the Layered Look with Commercial Glazes and Underglazes
by Nancy Gardner, with Burt Isenstein
Nancy Gardner loves commercial glazes and underglazes because the color choices are virtually unlimited. In this article she shares how she and her husband Burt layer them up to create bright and beautiful floral designs on her pottery.
Using Ceramic Underglazes
by David L. Gamble
Commercial underglazes are a great way to add color to your work using a variety of application methods. They’re formulated to have low drying shrinkage, they can be applied to bone-dry greenware or to bisque-fired surfaces. In addition to being able to change the surface color of your clay body, underglazes can also be used to change the texture of the body.
Creating Depth with Ceramic Glaze
by Lisa Bare-Culp
There are many ceramic glazes that look great all by themselves, but you can really bring your own style and voice forward when you start using techniques like pouring, carving, and layering to create depth in the ceramic glaze surface.
Low-Fire Red Glazes
by David L. Gamble
If you have ever tried to formulate a red glaze, you know how difficult it can be. But even if you buy commercial red glazes, you understand that they need a certain amount of attention and precision paid to them during application and firing. This article will help you understand and keep track of all the variables when applying and firing red ceramic glazes.
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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Underglazes are basically clay-based materials with ceramic stains and metallic oxides added to create a full spectrum of color in your work. They’re the fastest, easiest, and most dependable way for you to add pizzazz to your pottery or sculptures for just an accent or an entire surface treatment. Like many other art materials, underglazes come in a wide variety of forms—liquid, dry, chalks, pens, and pencils—so no matter what your background, a ceramic surface awaits your colorful treatment.
Included in this free PDF:
A World of Color
by David L. Gamble
Underglazes are one of the most popular ways to add color to clay surfaces. They're easy to use, and underglaze colors are pretty much a "what you see is what you get" kind of proposition—blue fires blue and orange fires orange. The best part is that underglazes come in all forms like underglaze pens, pencils, crayons, and more!
Homemade Underglazes
by Holly Goring
Underglazes are widely available but if you’re adventurous, you may want to try to mix your own. Holly provides a basic recipe and instructions for creating your own underglazes and the special instructions required for success.
Creating the Layered Look with Commercial Glazes and Underglazes
by Nancy Gardner, with Burt Isenstein
Nancy Gardner loves commercial glazes and underglazes because the color choices are virtually unlimited. In this article she shares how she and her husband Burt layer them up to create bright and beautiful floral designs on her pottery.
Using Ceramic Underglazes
by David L. Gamble
Commercial underglazes are a great way to add color to your work using a variety of application methods. They’re formulated to have low drying shrinkage, they can be applied to bone-dry greenware or to bisque-fired surfaces. In addition to being able to change the surface color of your clay body, underglazes can also be used to change the texture of the body.
Creating Depth with Ceramic Glaze
by Lisa Bare-Culp
There are many ceramic glazes that look great all by themselves, but you can really bring your own style and voice forward when you start using techniques like pouring, carving, and layering to create depth in the ceramic glaze surface.
Low-Fire Red Glazes
by David L. Gamble
If you have ever tried to formulate a red glaze, you know how difficult it can be. But even if you buy commercial red glazes, you understand that they need a certain amount of attention and precision paid to them during application and firing. This article will help you understand and keep track of all the variables when applying and firing red ceramic glazes.
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