These are quite nice! I like the texture you're using on the plates - I'll have to try that! Did you put blue into them, then wipe it back so it's just in the crevices?
I like the cup you do, but I also really like the fish one as well! I'm with you on the color of the salt-pigs; I think I'll have to see one in 'action'. (Well, and it's often dampish here, so it wouldn't really work here either.)
I've got a bunch of bisque coming out of the kiln on Tuesday; I'll take pictures and share!
Which plates are you asking about? Third picture down?
I really like the fish stuff and plan on doing quite a bit more of it in the future.
Salt pigs originated in England or Scotland... so I think they are suited for damp climates. The inside is not glazed which makes me think it helps to absorb moisture? I'd imagine they are meant for a coarser grind like you'd find in kosher salt.
Erm, the square plate up at the top and then the two soap dishes? That texture; I'm assuming you used a rib or ribbed ... thing. You know, they sell them in craft stores for texturing paint and glaze on walls, right?
Huh. I don't know that I use salt enough to need a whole pig. *grin* I try to keep salt to a minimum.
I've been thinking about the fish stamps you use, and now the other texture stamps you've got. I think I'll get out some erasers and see if I can't make something fun!
The one in the top pic is only glazed and the two down lower were exactly as you said - I brush a thin layer of Blackbird slip onto bisqueware, then wipe it off and then glaze it with a transparent glaze, in this case, celadon.
I want to carve out some new stamps and pour them in plaster. One of these days.
I like the honey dipper because it impresses into the clay... but you could use anything. I found it at a thrift store and picked it up just as I do many kitchen items I find at cheap prices. :)
I don't have any plaster stamps yet. The fish stamps are wooden. I also have some bisque stamps that I've made but after a couple of uses, they are wet and the clay sticks to them. I think plaster stamps might work well because it won't get sticky. It's something I've been thinking about for a while. Cornstarch works well for helping things not stick. I used the end of a Sharpie to impress the circles onto the plant stakes.
I like the cup you do, but I also really like the fish one as well! I'm with you on the color of the salt-pigs; I think I'll have to see one in 'action'. (Well, and it's often dampish here, so it wouldn't really work here either.)
I've got a bunch of bisque coming out of the kiln on Tuesday; I'll take pictures and share!
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I really like the fish stuff and plan on doing quite a bit more of it in the future.
Salt pigs originated in England or Scotland... so I think they are suited for damp climates. The inside is not glazed which makes me think it helps to absorb moisture? I'd imagine they are meant for a coarser grind like you'd find in kosher salt.
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Huh. I don't know that I use salt enough to need a whole pig. *grin* I try to keep salt to a minimum.
I've been thinking about the fish stamps you use, and now the other texture stamps you've got. I think I'll get out some erasers and see if I can't make something fun!
Stasia
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The one in the top pic is only glazed and the two down lower were exactly as you said - I brush a thin layer of Blackbird slip onto bisqueware, then wipe it off and then glaze it with a transparent glaze, in this case, celadon.
I want to carve out some new stamps and pour them in plaster. One of these days.
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Your stamps are plaster? I wonder how polymer clay would do with regular clay, as stamps.
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I don't have any plaster stamps yet. The fish stamps are wooden. I also have some bisque stamps that I've made but after a couple of uses, they are wet and the clay sticks to them. I think plaster stamps might work well because it won't get sticky. It's something I've been thinking about for a while. Cornstarch works well for helping things not stick. I used the end of a Sharpie to impress the circles onto the plant stakes.
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