Painting with clay slip
One of the oldest decoration techniques in ceramics is painting with clay slip.
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Techniques
Paper porcelain
Paper porcelain is a special form of porcelain. It is porcelain clay to which paper fibers have been added.
Making pottery without a wheel: slab building.
When you hear pottery, you might think pottery wheel. But there are many other ways to turn clay into a beautiful piece of pottery. For example, there are a lot of handbuilding techniques you can do with only your hands and your clay. Let’s take a look at one of them: slab building.
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Working with a press mould
CastiCasting moulds are designed to be filled with casting clay and then emptied, but pressure moulds work differently.
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Polishing, how does it work?
If you are working with a type of clay that already has a nice colour of its own, it may be an idea not to glaze it, but only to polish it.
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Making pottery without a wheel: pinch pots
When you hear pottery, you might think pottery wheel. But there are many other ways to turn clay into a beautiful piece of pottery. For example, there are a lot of handbuilding techniques you can do with only your hands and your clay. Let’s take a look at one of them: pinch pots.
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Washing away porcelain
One technique to bring relief into your work is to wash away porcelain. You can use shellac, cold wax or acrylic medium to apply a drawing.
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