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There have been may good suggestions here... Ok. Carton Ball was a
ceramic artist that taught at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma Washington during the 1960's, 70's and 80's. He has several books out on making pottery without a wheel and decorating pottery with texture... any of his books will give you enough ideas to last the rest of your life time... from making rollers and stamps to string, found objects, carving straffito. Me, I like to use leather stamp tools. I have letters for words, little stamps already made with great detail. There are some cookie stamps that are really good too. I like to use an onion or vegetable holder that can score areas for putting handles on as a decorative tool as well. Abstract patterns are really cool with this and a stick tool to press into the surface of the pot. Paddles can reshape the pot when leather hard. Loop tools worked on to the surface can carve areas into pattern and design. I use loop tools to carve the surface of the pot with a drawing... I have several theme mugs that I like to carve the surface of a piece into... Music symbols, Mystical symbols, the logo of my favorite sports teams to local colleges, birds, animals... much more... my favorite is the dragon.... Russ Andavall www.firegodarts.com Meridith Davis wrote: Hi. I am new to this news group. I am taking a ceramics 2 class this semester at college. I have been enjoying lately using material pieces to texture my clay. What I am needing help on for idea is on using other items. I have heard something about using items like grass and such to texture pieces, but didn't know if theres some do's and don'ts along with it. My instructor only recomends using cloth's, which im bored with now, though an idea that I came across tonight about using lace could be an interesting texture. Ideas of any type are welcome. Oh, I had seen on some site online, the use of rice for texture. But it mentioned that any pieces that had been left in would 'pop' out, not just burn up. I am not sure if that would be safe for other pottery being fired at the same time as mine, considering that I am in a class, so could be as many as 50 other pieces being fired at the same time as mine, that belong to other students. Thanks Meridith |
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one time i squeezed clay thru a garlic press and pressed the long clay-hairs
onto the side of a cylinder. as i stretched out the cylinder many of the hairs stood up. some flew off. this made a really crazy looking pot! hard to pick up, but fastenating. steve Subject: Texture ideas please From: "Meridith Davis" Date: 10/23/2004 5:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: yeah they would. Will have to try lotion on one and see if that works. steve graber |
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Hamster Litter works really well, and completely burns out in the firing. I
have two kitchen tools that are fantastic. One is a roller with prongs coming off all the way round, and the other is evenly spaces rollers that look like plastic pizza cutters. Another fun textural thing is to dip cheesecloth in heavy slip and drap it on the pots. If you have a paper shredder, you can randomly press shreds into the surface of the pot. Linda D in TX |
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I saw Byron Temple use a wavey wire cheese cutter. make the walls of
the pot one inch thick. then cut veritcal facets in to the pot with the cheese cutter. a wavy wire cheese cutter makes wavy lines. I like to make a thick slip, and use a felet knife. I apply the slip on to the pot as if I were icing on a cake. don't apply the slip too thick. I like to use a white porciline slip on dark clay. when the slip hardens place the pot on the wheel and trim the rim and base of the pot. or use a triming tool the carve designs throught the hardened slip |
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using a long soft bristle Chinese bamboo paint brush, and slip. paint
raised designs on to the pot. you can also splash, flick, or slop silp on to the pot. I have found that the longer and softer bristles work best. experiment with different brush techniques, and different thickness of slip, to develop your own patterns. |
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Hi, Iv'e been experimenting for a number of years, and I've found most
things burn up in the kiln, I've used things like polenta which leaves a pitted effect. I've also used gum leaves (I come from Australia) in plaster which allows me to have the leaves as positives (raised up) instead of negative (leaves an impression) in the clay I place on the plaster. The skys the limit, you could use anything you can lay your hands on, my cats don't like it when I get a glint in my eye!! best of luck Paul "Slgraber" wrote in message ... one time i squeezed clay thru a garlic press and pressed the long clay-hairs onto the side of a cylinder. as i stretched out the cylinder many of the hairs stood up. some flew off. this made a really crazy looking pot! hard to pick up, but fastenating. steve Subject: Texture ideas please From: "Meridith Davis" Date: 10/23/2004 5:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: yeah they would. Will have to try lotion on one and see if that works. steve graber |
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