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The patterning is an example of the wax resist technique that Carstens and many other companies used during the 1960's. Carstens produced many variations of the Ankara aesthetic. During the 1960's Carstens also used different glazing techniques on the same forms.
19 lut 2024 · Cuerda seca, which translates from Spanish to “dry cord,” is an ancient technique for creating line decoration on pottery using a mixture of wax resist and a colorant. It is a great way to add definition to drawings because the wax resist keeps the glaze from covering up the lines.
9 lut 2024 · When looking at Liz Pechacek's work, one might think the decoration is made using the sgraffito technique. But Liz actually uses a combination of wax resist, slip inlay, and glazing techniques to created her multicolored striped decoration. In today's post, an excerpt from the Pottery Making Illustrated archive, Liz explains her process. I can ...
10 lip 2019 · Commercial wax resists are produced by a variety of manufacturers and are available from your local supply shop. For our experiments, we used Forbes wax resist. It takes colorant easily, can be thinned down to layer between glazes, pipes easily with a needle-tipped bottle, and brushes well.
Wax or grease can also be used as a resist in pottery, to keep some areas free from a ceramic glaze; the wax burns away when the piece is fired. [5] Song dynasty Jizhou ware used paper cut-outs and leaves as resists or stencils under glaze to create patterns. [6]
11 maj 2020 · Wax resists, wax emulsions, and actual melted wax itself are all used in pottery. The function of the wax resist is to keep liquids, such as raw liquid glazes, from adhering to the clay body of a pot. The most common use for wax resists is also the most practical.
melted paraffin wax was used to resist some parts of the ceramics wares in form of motives and allowed to dry, the wax resisted wares were immersed into prepared glazes and also allowed to dry.
