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Painting
on ceramics...
After first firing ceramics are ready for
painting. First I have to clean all the dust with a brush. Painting is
done with special colors, oxides, which are natural colors from the
land/earth and are the only colors which can stand the high
temperatures into the kilns.
Colors change a lot during firing. Usually
they become more dark, more strong, more vivid, while some of them
change completely i.e. from black to dark green! |
Painting
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Glazing...
After painting, ceramics are left to
dry. Then comes glazing. Glaze comes in a form of a powder which I
dilute in water in specific concentration. Then I deep ceramics into
the glaze for just a few seconds. Ceramics are left to dry and from
the pores of their surface they absorb the water and the
powder/glaze covers the whole surface.
The last step before putting ceramics in the kiln for the second
firing is to take care about all the small marks and make the
surface smooth and even.
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Preparing glazed
ceramic for the kiln |
