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LESSON FOR BEGINNERS IN EARTHENWARE (LOW FIRE) CLAY ALWAYS
READ THE DIRECTIONS ON THE LABES - CERAMICS IS A 3 PHASE ART – CASTING,
PRODUCT/TECHNIQUES AND FIRING GREENWARE: Cast Dried Clay, Very Soft and Breakable,
but its Color is Gray not Green
BISQUE: GREENWARE Fired in the
Kiln One Time, White, Hard and Porous
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FIRED PRODUCTS
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NON–FIRED
PRODUCTS
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UNDERGLAZES
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OPAQUE |
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STAINS
Stains
are acrylic paints with many different finishes |
OPAQUE
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1.Designed and
manufactured to go on Greenware (That Gray Stuff) |
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2. The Correct applications will give a solid color. |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque. Water
based |
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3. Must do at least 3 coats and is sold in 2 oz. Bottles
for large areas |
2. This opaque acrylic paint gives a solid color. |
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4. May be applied with brush or sponge |
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TRANSLUCENT STAINS |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque. Oil based, but water soluable |
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2. This stain has a water color effect |
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TRANSLUCENT |
1. Designed and manufactured to go on greenware (That Gray
Stuff) |
CHALKS |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque. Sometime
referred to as Pastels |
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2. Can see a background through this paint when applied
for brush strokes |
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COLOR
WASHES |
1.Designed & Manufactured to go Bisque |
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3. May be applied with brush or sponge |
PEARLS |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque. |
2. Water Color Effect |
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2. Has a Pearl/Opal
finish. Takes several coats to show
finish at its best |
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GLAZES
A FRIT (Glass) based paint. Frit is a form of glass designed to go on
Bisque |
1. Designed and manufactured to go on Bisque |
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2. Can have many different properties, color, finish,
crystal filled, specks, transparent, semi-transparent, semi-opaque, and
opaque |
METALLICS |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque. |
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3. Allways read directions on each bottle of glaze different
glazes with different properties require a different application. The
artist’s touch, with this product weather brush or sponge is also
important. The term “Heavy Glazer” and
“Light Glazer” refers to the application loaded and aplied to the bisque
piece. |
2. Has a metal type cold, silver, copper, etc., finish when 4 coats are applied |
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TEXTURED |
1. Designed and manufactured to go Bisque |
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2. Has a rough sand grain finish |
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OVERGLAZES A product that gives a metallic, polished iridescent
finish |
1. Designed and
manufactured to go over a fired glaze which is overglaze compatible. The overglaze information is usually listed
on most mfg’s labels. |
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2. Included in this category is: fired gold, silver,
copper, mother of pearl and lusters. |
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3. Decals |
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4. China patterns |
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BISQUE COLORS
Manufactured to go on Bisque. Can be used for brush
strokes or applied in several coats for solid coverage, check labels for the
number of suggested coats, for solid coverage. When dry, apply glaze over Bisque colors. |
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1. A product manufactured to on Bisque |
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2. Glass based product |
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3.Does not move when fired |
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4. Can be diluted for brush work |
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5. Apply several coats for solid coverage |
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