Painting

The talented illustrator or painter can also use a clay object as a canvas.

You can put the most beautiful and detailed drawings on it. Traditional ‘Delftware’ ceramics are known for their beautiful blue paintings.

If like a more modern look, you can choose geometric figures and patterns. Or you can combine drawings with geometric shapes or a line pattern. So many options…

Of course, don’t forget to draw or paint with ceramic pigments, otherwise you are putting so much effort into something that just fires away in the kiln….

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Pieces of wood and wood ash for ash glaze
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Ash glaze

Ash glaze is one of the oldest types of glaze, and it was first used in East Asia.

Grijze ruwe tafellamp
Shapes
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The table lamp

Here’s a fun little project to make out of clay: a table lamp.

A yellow and blue ceramic test plate held in the hands
Articles
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Making test tiles

Testing, testing, testing! It’s unavoidable. For every type of clay that you use, you’ll need to make a test tile. This will help you to chart the shrinkage and colour