Cuerda Seca means “dry cord” and refers to using a waxed cord to separate areas of glaze. I’ve used a waxed beeswax cord before, and it’s not the best tool. Better is to use wax trailed from a jacquard bottle, especially wax with stain added, wax which has been designed for this purpose. Since this is the …
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Dec 26
Thorny Pot
I bought this pot specifically to re-pot a gardenia plant I have in my front yard. I thought about using tile mosaics, or glass piece mosaic, but my mosaic-tile production wasn’t coming along fast enough so I decided to glaze it instead. I’m always startled by how patchy the glazes come out. Even when I …