I made several small, plain tiles so that I could experiment with wax resist and painterly techniques. I painted this using black underglaze. My tiles are hand pounded (and rolled) so the consistency isn’t ideal, but that’s kind of the point of hand-made tiles. This is about four inches square and about a quarter of …
Tag: Ward’s Red
Dec 12
Poppy Plate 2
To get a decent line for the slip, we needed a dark colored clay. I already knew that slips didn’t turn out well if you fired them to cone ten, so I bought a bag of cone 06 terracotta clay called “Ward’s Red.” I’ve never used this clay before, but I was assured that it …