Layering Glazes And Wax Resist Ceramics

Once fired the wax burns out but the colors remain.

Layering glazes and wax resist ceramics.

For the first layer the pot is dipped in one of two glazes either a shino or carbon trap glaze. Top glaze a artist s choice a 22 aztec turquoise a 24 exotic blue a 28 peacock a 32 iron saturate a 34 sand bar a 40 seafoam green a 43 green float. The pattern is laid directly on top of the waxed surface and traced with a sharpened pencil figure 2. First the bisqued plate is dipped in glaze allowed to dry coated with wax resist over glaze then set aside to allow the wax to dry figure 1.

A popular blue green colored wax for artists overlapping glazes double dipping and layering patterns. You know exactly where you. It allows you to combine surface decoration with color and wax resist simultaneously. The function of the wax resist is to keep liquids such as raw liquid glazes from adhering to the clay body of a pot.

The difference is latex can be peeled off of the pot. The third layer is achieved by dipping the piece in one of two different copper saturates. The wax burns out during the kiln firing allowing glazes to show through top layers. Both aftosa s black wax resist and mr.

So you can paint patterns and glaze where there is no resist then peel it off and glaze with another color. Often potters will wax the bottom of their bisque so that glaze does not end up on the foot of the pot. Colored wax is an innovative solution to glaze and underglaze layering. Liquid latex resist is a cousin to our friend wax resist and is used in a similar way.

When the paper is lifted it removes the wax and some of the glaze wherever the pencil was. The second layer is a wax resist applied with a brush i have experimented with several cold waxes and have come to rely on forbes. Aftosa wax can be thinned with water. The wonderful part of this wax resist is its purple color.

Marks wax on resist. The difference is latex can be peeled off of the pot. Wax emulsions handle differently when doing tasks like screenprinting slip trailing or sandwiching layering wax between glazes to allow patterns to be formed with overlapped glazes. Mark s wacky wax can be applied on bisque ware or on top of glazes.

It s important to find a wax you like to work with and one that works for you. Wax can also be applied and then carved through before applying glaze so that the carved pattern is only place where the glaze will stick to the pot. This wax resist is perfect for bisque ware. Wax resist is used in fabric arts such a batik and egg decoration and other arts and crafts.

Aftosa wax can be applied over glaze without dripping beading or peeling away. Any speck of glaze material on the bottom of a pot can cause it to weld to the kiln shelf during firing. It protects bisque from all sorts of glazes and slips.