Pottery Art

Pottery and art go hand-in-hand especially considering the incredibly creative nature have a look at, RC Electric Trucks of this fantastic art-form. There are thousands of ways to go about working with pottery creations and glazing is one of those pottery art-form techniques that give an absolutely unbelievable look to your finished products. look at, Niagara Kite Festival USA Learning these glazing techniques takes little time but a lot of practice to perfect and if you are looking to make your hobby much more interesting, then you will love the little changes try, RC Hobby Stores that you can make to what you create.

Here's a look at some of those glazing techniques that can really make a difference to the way you look at pottery as an art-form.

Using the Sponge

If you ask a potter, then the most popular technique that they have used is something called sponging! Using synthetic or natural also see, Nikko RC Cars sponges, you can simply glaze your pot look at, RC Balsa by dipping it into a layer of glaze and simple using the sponge to put on another colour. , RC Electric Trucks Use the sponge to create a pattern and if you want, you can even cut the sponge into different shapes before using them to colour also see, RC Used Cars your pots. have a look at, Parrots The application of sponges in different sizes, textures, shapes and with different colours, why not visit, Hydro RC Boats ensures that you get a fantastic looking finish on your glazed pots. try, How to make a Toy Robot

Etching

Etching is a process that requires you to put on two different glazes. The first step to keep in mind, before anything else, is to make sure that both colours look at, Sweet Milk Chocolate Cake go well with each other. Once you've tested them out, you need to dip the pot consider, Tamiya RC Cars into the glaze, before setting it aside to dry. Once everything is dry, you are ready to put it into the darker of the two glazes, and allowed to dry.

Once you have the dry double-glazed pot why not visit, RC Leopard sitting in front of you, you start carving out your designs try, Nikko RC Cars onto it. This requires extremely precision and care because your design also see, RC Balsa needs to be perfectly shaped and, above all else, you need to make sure that you only carve through the top layer of the glazing, not the inner layer too. Once you have carved out the entire design, checkout, Jewellery making Products you will find yourself try, RC All-Terrain Robots with a piece that's ready to be fired, giving your pottery art-form a brilliant etched look.

Stamped

Take a bit of florist also see, Knitting for a Baby foam, put a pattern onto the top of that foam and start using a mini-ribbon tool also see, RC Sherman to engrave a design also see, Basic Drawing on that foam. Once you get the shape you need, just put the foam into the glaze you wish to use and start stamping it all over the pot , RC Electric Trucks or in the places look at, Nikko RC Cars you desire. Make sure that the pot consider, Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins already has a contrasting glaze on it, at this point of time, and is also dry. After stamping on your designs checkout, RC Combat Robots or patterns, just make sure that everything is dry and that will make your designs have a look at, Sweet Milk Chocolate Cake pop-out!

Marble Finish

One of the most complicated finishing techniques of all, marbleizing comes into the picture only when you are making something like platters or bowls. Amongst all the finishing techniques in the potter art-form, marble-finishes are all about creating a beautiful checkout, Small Display Cases look but one that requires a lot of care. The first thing you need to know about marble-finishing is that you need to be extremely quick and efficient with this technique. As a result, you need to be sure of what you are doing, which means - practice, practice and more practice!

The first thing you need to do is arrange the things you need to fix your work area. That means, you need to prepare yourself look at, RC Flying Wings for the glaze that you will need to throw away. You will be using anywhere between three to four different kinds of glazes, in terms of colours, also see, Whittling in Wood Carving and each will have different quantities. As a result, you will need to dispose them off carefully once you are done with the entire process.

What you need to do, next, is start putting all the different glazes into a single pot. consider, Collectible Cap Guns Then, pour them into the pot also look at, RC Electric Trucks you have made and start swirling them slowly. Pour out the remaining mix into one of the big waste baskets and leave your pot also look at, RC Electric Trucks aside to dry. The interior look at, RC Combat Robots of your creations are important too and this method, unique in the pottery art-form, is quite exciting. Once there, all you need to do is work on the exterior in the same way, dipping the pot , Niagara Kite Festival USA into the glaze-mix and get the result you want.

The pottery art-form has evolved a lot over the years and finishing the product why not visit, RC Boat Racing is something that requires a lot of care and effort. Make enough pots also see, Basic Drawing and bowls to ensure that you have all the opportunities you need to practice the techniques and perfect them, something that will make it easier for you to start creating masterpieces of pottery art!