These mugs are part of a "double-majolica" series with black put down first, covered by the white majolica base glaze, followed by black circle design and scratched through. This gives it that mottled, broken look where the black under-layer is breaking through the white majolica base. I like that.
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(You know, I really WOULD like to meet you someday, you are so nice and you visit my blog everyday--and at 6 am on a Sunday!. I also love your wild design aesthetic--as I say, there are a lot of ordinary brown pots in this world, what is so special about you? You already have the answer to that.
I make the little animals very very quickly. If I am working on a bigger sculpture, which I will later, firming and drying as I go is usually a plus--I find it holds together better. I am NOT meticulous, my sculpture is the equivalent of a Snoopy drawing! Not much to it!)
Hi Gary! Yep, we're going to have to connect someday!... I never thought of myself as having a "wild design aesthetic"... I like that!
It is that 'double Majolica' that is giving me fits--and lots of crawling. However, in our technique, after the black majolica glaze is put on and dried we paint the outline of our design with wax. Sorta like a children's coloring book. Then, when dipped in the wite majolica the wax preserves the black outlines. Now the outlines are filled with color--like coloring in a children's coloring book. I have NOT mastered the techique yet--and have given up on it because I get such awful crawling with the two coats. Others in my class get great results so I'm sure I am just getting my layers too thick. I think it would be interesting with your black circles....
Hi Gay - You might check out the book "The New Majolica" by Matthias Ostermann. Great pictures and how-to's, plus a whole section on what causes crawling, pin-holing, etc, in the majolica process. Good luck!
Thanks for explaining your process! I was sort of wondering how you did that - and do like how there's more going on below the surface.
Those little clay mice are adorable...
Me and the missus may one day actually have a spare penny or two, and a spare day or two, like in FEBRUARY (a truly shirty month in New York)and should go and have a look at California.
(ha ha ha! a potter with spare money and time, hoo hoo!!!!)
Hi Gary! We'll put the welcome mat out!
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