I am still working out a
rather easy, straight forward technique for creating line inlay on pieces and
though the bowl illustrated is a bit simple, the idea of the design is
beginning to work out just the way I see it. My original premise was to be able
to create thin line designs using glaze inlaid in to another glaze, in this
case the base is temmoku and the inlay is of a clear glaze that has turned to a
bright amber due to the influences of the oxides in the base. The technique is
simple enough, first the pot is glazed in temmoku and using ink I draw out the design then wax over the surface
where the design is to be inlaid. Once the wax is dry, I scratch through the
surface of the wax all the way down to the bisque using a nail I altered and
then brush over the inlay glaze. I know, there is nothing ground breaking here
but it allows for a thin line design to be created with almost no effort at
all. The technique works so well that it is also easy to even write all over
the pot which given the right circumstances may be just what a customer ordered.
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