How To Make A Ceramic Piece With Lots Of Color

Paint air dry clay with an acrylic or latex paint if you want to add color.

How to make a ceramic piece with lots of color.

With ceramic pigments you can color the clay color the glazes or color both. She explains how to mix the slip how much ceramic pigment to add for each color and how to use the glaze on a finished piece. Greenware is an unfired piece of ceramic. Dipping your glazes or brushing them on.

You can use an underglaze on your ceramic piece. So bear this in mind before you start. She gets her color from ceramic pigments mixed with a clay slip which she makes from a commercial clay body. There are two main ways you can glaze.

Ceramic pigments are easy to use and the simplest way to introduce a wide range of color into your work. An underglaze is a ceramic glaze that is applied to greenware. Select a paint that is safe for use on clay and that doesn t require firing in a kiln since air dry clay can t withstand high temperatures. By bill jones commercially prepared ceramic pigments commonly referred to as ceramic stains expand the potter s palette with infinite color options.

Lana wilson s work is mostly black and white with bits of vibrant color splashed about. All glazes and clays have different properties. For a minor update paint the top band of tile a new color such as cobalt blue to add a fresh new accent to the space or paint an entire wall s worth of tile for a new look. Apply the paint using brushes sponges or other techniques and then let it air dry according to the directions on the paint.