Armen Enikolopov Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 There's a specific thing that Warren sometimes does on some of his platters, these lines that are thick on the ends and thin in the middle, and I wonder if people think that this is just done with a brush, or it's poured, or what. I provide links to 3 examples below. http://www.schallergallery.com/artists/macwa/pieces/macw1520.jpg http://www.schallergallery.com/artists/macwa/pieces/macw1387.jpg http://www.jra.org/Get%20Involved/Images/WMackenzie.jpg Thanks, Armen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Armen; Looks like brush pigment on top of the glaze. Looks like he purposely makes the end thick. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglou13 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 beautiful plates thanks for posting + 1 on brush technique try pausing at beginning and end of brush stroke. or increase pressure at start and finish of stroke red plate looks like a shino, any idea what he is brushing on top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Enikolopov Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 beautiful plates thanks for posting + 1 on brush technique try pausing at beginning and end of brush stroke. or increase pressure at start and finish of stroke red plate looks like a shino, any idea what he is brushing on top? They're all shinos. definitely just iron oxide on the red shino. The black on the very white plate almost looks too black for mackenzie, I don't know what it is but probably just iron oxide and maybe some manganese, over the shino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Just love the change in direction of one line in his pattern. RIO on shino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Use a fude style brush (Japanese calligraphy brush). Load it fully with pigment. Tag it down onto the surface and press lightly...... then as you draw the brush over the surface lift up slightly to reduce the pressure (and the thickness of line). As you near the other end of the line, start putting slight downward pressure on the brush. Stop moving the brush while there is still downward pressure on it. Lift straight up. Practice this with red iton oxide and water on a copy of the NY Times. By the time you have filled a few dozen pages with lines... you'll understand how to do it. Learn to paint the classic bamboo stalk used in sumi painting.... and you'll understand how this effect is done. best, .......................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I found this video helpful as I tried to visualise the process. Start at 3 min into the video for the bone stroke, you may then want to restart from the beginning to see the shaping of the dots. Regards, Peter PS Warren seems to have deliberately varied the thickness during the long stroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Enikolopov Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thank you all, PeterH especially. Fascinating and very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Those, like me, unfamiliar with calligraphy may be amused by this product: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpexQaxFbGwRe Regards, Peter ... the video worked when previewing the post, but not once posted. If you have any problems try entering "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpexQaxFbGwRe" directly (without the quotes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnceramics Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 He uses the long side of a yellow kitchen sponge. No brush. No calligraphy. Just a sponge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyewackette Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Thank you! I thought it looked like some variation of a stamping technique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Enikolopov Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Amazing. Thank you. Thanks for making an account just to answer this. That seems somehow more Mackenzie's speed. He uses the long side of a yellow kitchen sponge. No brush. No calligraphy. Just a sponge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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