How To Fire Mocha Diffusion Ceramics

Mocha diffusion is a pottery painting technique that involves a chemical reaction between an acid and a base liquid.

How to fire mocha diffusion ceramics.

Today i am sharing an excerpt from a video by the late robin hopper in which he demonstrates how to do mocha diffusion as well as his slip dotting technique. Cuerda seca mocha diffusion decoration techniques duration. Mocha diffusion is a technique of layering slips onto ware so that the edges of the upper one bleed outward into the lower. It happens when bleeding occurs at the edges of a thin colored acidic mixture painted over a still wet slip.

I ll show you how to create solid opaque images as w. In this pottery video potter robin hopper shows how to use mocha diffusion and other slipware techniques. This video shows you how to do a surface technique on clay called mocha diffusion. This video is a step by step guide to using underglazes to add an illustrative design to your ceramics.

This shows you what supplies you will need and how to do the process. An alkali acid mechanism is. I have also posted more information and the slip recipe below excerpted from robin s classic book making. Suitable clays and slips for mocha diffusion.

It sounds like a yummy coffee drink but mocha diffusion is a surface decoration developed and used in the southwest of england now made famous by kevin s viral videos. A technique used by ceramic artists to decorate pottery. Pottery with mocha diffusion decoration is also referred to as mochaware. In this pottery video potter robin hopper shows how to use mocha diffusion and other.