- It is very important to position your tongue correctly while painting(refer
to photo above).
- Cooling the kiln too fast will cause crazing days or months after
the ware is fired.
- Your translucent and opaque underglazes can be thinned with water
so they can be used as a wash on your bisque. Thin the opaques with
equal amounts of water and the translucent four parts water and one
part paint. Apply with brush and wipe off with sponge and water. Apply
glaze of your choice. Fire to recommended temperature.
- Never use spray sealers on a humid day. It can cause a milky white
appearance. Most of the time it will go away. If not wait for a dry
day and spray again. This should release the moisture, leaving a clear
finish.
- If you have trouble with features, spray your piece first. If you
make a mistake then it will easily wipe off without changing the color
underneath. If you are right-handed, do the left eye first and it will
be easier to match up the right eye.
- When you are told to dry foot your item, it means to wipe the glaze
off the bottom of your item. There are some items that will warp when
stilted, so they should be dry footed.
- Greenware is the name given to unfired clay objects. It is very fragile
and will break easily. When the object is fired, it means that the cleaned
piece of greenware has been placed in a ceramic kiln and fired to a
very high temperature which transforms the raw clay to a durable piece
of porous ceramic ware. It is now called bisque.
- Never leave your brushes standing in water. Not only will it ruin
your brush hair, but the handle will soak up water. The water causes
the handle to swell. The swelling not only causes the paint to chip
off the handle, but when the swelling goes goes down you wind up with
loose handles or worse, the end of your brush falls off.
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