N - Carving negative
I used the carving technique with 'A' and created a positive, this time trying for a negative at the leatherhard stage I carved the clay inside the letter rather than on the outer.
O - Resist with shellac & red slip With the letter 'I' shellac and sponged back into the clay with water created a raised 3 dimensional letter. Here with 'O' shellac is used to resist the red porcelain slip. Theorically what I am trying to achieve is, in the bisque firing the shellac will burn out resulting an O and border clean of slip.
P - dotsNo guessing where this idea came from... getting to the pointy end of the techniques! Very simple really and I like the look.
Q - underglaze washed backOne would ask! Why apply black underglaze to wipe back with a wet sponge on a white bodied porcelain when wanting to create a pure white ground as the final result? I asked myself the same question half way through. Q - proven to be the most challenging one in this set of letters I won't know my verdict until the final firing...
2 comments:
Oh wow Kim - I can't believe you have to think so far ahead and work backwards and upside down and inside out to work out what result you will get - my brain officially hurts. The P is gorgeous and the carved N looks great - I think I almost understand what might happen with the other 2! Looking forward to the finished results
Hi Fiona, it can be a brain drain some days...they are starting to look good altogether.
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