Ceramic surface design techniques principles to consider.
Ceramic surface design techniques.
For many ceramic artists the surface is the most challenging part of the ceramic process.
If you d like a raised design slip trailing is the way to go.
New ceramic surface design is a fully illustrated manual covering a wide range of creative surface decoration techniques presented in an approachable and accessible format.
You can also use slip for decorating pottery with various image transfer techniques.
Ceramic artist and expert molly hatch guides beginners and more advanced ceramicists through various methods for creating designs on clay.
A motif is created on the pot surface using wax before the pot is brushed with or submerged in its slip or glaze.
The anglo oriental wax resist design of a mike dodd bottle.
Because the forming techniques are challenging on their own often beginning potters just slap any old glaze on their work when it comes time to finish the pot.
Slip decorating is a great example of a versatile technique.
A time old technique wax resist decoration relies on wax s insolubility and its capacity to repel water based slips and glazes.
There is a good deal of information in this book on the usual range of surface pattern techniques but in my opinion still the best by far in terms of content variety accessibility and inspiriation is the potter s guide to ceramic surfaces by jo connell.