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Dealing w pitted wheel head
Hyn Patty replied to HeatherArtLife's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
Yep, or just use 0000 steel wool on it to polish it up nicely. As Mark C says I'd just try using it first and see if it's an issue but if it is, it's not difficult at all to polish it up. If the pitting is deep enough you may need to sand it and then polish with 0000 steel wool. Or fill the pits with clear epoxy, then sand and polish. But I really don't think you need to go to all that trouble. -
Oh, and yet /another/ way is to cut a piece of foam sheet (like neoprene) to shape and use it to 'stamp' your designs. WAY back decades ago in Girl Scouts we even sliced up potatoes of all things. You can cut them like a stencil, then use it like a rubber stamp. Press it into your pigment and you can use it over and over again to 'stamp' your image onto your ware. You can leave it rough and primitive or you can go back and clean it up in creative ways afterwards. So yeah, many, many different options depending on the end result you are shooting for.
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You mention a 'picture' image. Yet another method is to make a silk screen with emulsion to block application areas. Lay it against your bisqueware and then dab your glaze or underglaze through the cloth 'grid' pattern. Remove it and simply wash it off, then you can use it over and over just like silk screening T-shirts. This also allows you the benefit of actually using photo images where you want more 'grey' tone transitions for different values. Obviously that'll work best with non-flowing underglazes than say with glazes.
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Depending on how 'clean' you need your edges, or how much time you are willing to put into clean up, and what kind of bisque - some being more slick and others more porous, there are lots of options. I mask a lot of my patterns using liquid latex so that I may airbrush on my underglazes, then remove the latex and tidy up edges using an exacto knife. Or you may want to print up a vinyl adhesive 'sticker' using a Cricut machine so you may reproduce the same pattern over and over and try to press it down to get the crispest possible edges. That's liable to only work well on vitrified ware that's slick and not porous - but still worth trying on earthenware, etc. Or you can do as you say and just use paper, cut our your pattern and use spray adhesive or tape to secure it into position and dab your pattern into place using a sponge. Lots of options but each one is going to give you different results. Or you can dab on wax, remove the stencil and /then/ apply your glaze or underglaze. So many options. Do you have a photo of the sort of effect you are aiming for specifically? If you can share an image we might be able to make better, more specific suggestions.
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3 b Dots_Marcia Selsor
Hyn Patty commented on Marcia Selsor's gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
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From the album: Hyn Patty LLC
2.5 inch tall earthenware ceramic 'Nomad' sculpted by Kristina Lucas-Francis, produced by Pour Horse Pottery. Custom glazed to pinto 'Zorse' with zebra pattern by Hyn Patty, around 2006. Private Collection.© (c) 2006
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Mini "Spinnaker" grade or pony gelding sculpture by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig and produced in earthenware ceramic, 3 inches tall. Custom glazed by Hyn Patty in 2006 to a chestnut tobiano sabino pinto. Sold a public auction for just under $2k at that time, resides in a private collection.© (c) 2006
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4 inch tall 'Monya' Arabian stallion sculpted by Debora McDermott, produced in English fine bone china by Alchemy Ceramics of England. Custom glazed by Hyn Patty to a lightly dappled rose grey, 2008. Collection of the sculptor.© (c) 2008
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3 inch tall earthenware ceramic 'Collier' sculpted by Kristina Lucas-Francis and produced by Pour Horse Pottery. Custom glazed to dark dappled bay with pangare by Hyn Patty, 2021. Underglaze, satin clear, glossed eyes and hooves, china paints. Private Collection.© (c) 2021
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Shown here without the 10 liter porcelain jar, this is my Shimpo Ball Mill I use to make my own slips. Both a custom earthenware for fine art casting as well as for refining my English bone china slip.© (c) 2021
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English fine bone china 'Loco Motion' sculpted by Chris Jolly and shown here in progress being custom glazed by Hyn Patty, 2021. Here the first layers of underlgaze have been airbrushed on, masking latex removed, and the overo pinto pattern all cleaned up and detailed for first firing. This piece was initially fired in my small Olympic Doll E kiln. As it is mounted on a base, the piece is stilted so that the base and the horse don't cool at different rates that may cause the legs to break if the base remained hotter too long. Mane and tail were claybody customized with earthenware added to bone china bisque before underglazing which is a very touchy process I won't go into here. I use a much larger kiln for other pieces or groups.© (c) 2021
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'Showman' sculpted by Kathi Boguki and produced in English fine bone china by the Horse Gallery, Horsing Around of England in 50 piece edition. Custom glazed to sooty buckskin appaloosa by Hyn Patty in 2021. Private Collection. Underglaze, satin clear, glossed eyes and hooves, china paint, white gold.© (c) 2021
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3 inch tall earthenware "Wee Bairn' pony foal sculpted and custom glazed by Hyn Patty, 2003. 10 piece edition, private collection. Underglaze, satin clear, glossed eyes.© (c) 2003
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Hagen Renaker Mini Rearing Stallion to Pinto
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3.5 inch tall earthenware ceramic sculpted by Maureen Love and produced by Hagen Renaker. Custom glazed to liver chestnut sabino pinto by Hyn Patty, 2021. Underglaze, clear satin, glossed eyes and hooves, china paints. Claybody customized resculpting and repaired broken legs done in the kiln to the bisque before glazing. Shown here sticky mounted to base.© (c) 2021
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3 inch tall earthenware ceramic 'Hadrian' sculpted by Sarah Rose, produced by Pour Horse Pottery. Custom glazed by Hyn Patty to dappled palomino Welsh Cob. Collection of the glazing artist. Underglaze, satin clear, glossed eyes and hooves, china paints.© (c) 2021
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'Valentin' sculpture in English fine bone china sculpted by Brigitte Eberl. Custom glazed to reverse dappled bay roan by Hyn Patty, 2021. Stands about 7 inches tall by 9.5 long. Underglaze, clear satin, glossed eyes and hooves, china paints and white gold shoes. Private Collection.© (c) 2021
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English fine bone china 'Crusher' sculpted by Kitty Cantrell and produced by the Horse Gallery of Horsing Around of England. Claybody customized to add mane, braid, stud bridle and shoes myself, then under glazed to a dappled grey. Finished in satin glaze with low fired yellow gold buckles and white gold bit and shoes by Hyn Patty, 2006. Piece measures approximately 8 inches tall by 10 inches long - Private collection, sold for just under $4k at public auction. 2007 Realistic Equine Sculpture Society Best Custom Glazed Ceramic and People's Choice Awards. -
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Missouri Fox Trotter sculpture by Adalee Velasquez, 3 inches tall, eathenware ceramic. Custom glazed by Hyn Patty in 2021 to a bay tobiano. Underglaze, satin clear glaze, glossed eyes and hooves, china paints. Private Collection.© (c) 2021
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2.5 inch tall English fine bone china foal sculpture by Donna Chaney, custom glazed by Hyn Patty to a black rabicano Arabian. Underglaze, clear satin glaze, glossed eyes, china paints, 2022.© (c) 2022
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Earthenware ceramic Arabian horse head medallion 4 inches wide. Custom glazed by Hyn Patty, 2022. Underglaze, clear satin glaze, glossed eyes, china painting, yellow gold. This photo was actually taken right before I did final clean up of the yellow gold to remove it where the mane passes over the rim. Photo is a little dark and I should have lightened it up to show the dappling and red-gold color better.© (c) 2022
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Black Sabino Tennessee Walking Horse standing 3" tall sculpted by Donna Chaney of England and custom glazed by Hyn Patty, 2007. Underglaze, satin glaze, gloss, white gold.© (c) 2007
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Back to the original question about how to get glazes to stick to bone china ... I glaze bone china all of the time. Bisque fired first. I airbrush my underglazes or glazes. Once you get one layer on, you can fire it and then it's easy to brush on additional layers if you don't want to keep spraying. Or use gum arabic to help apply brushing on the first layer. Heating the bisque slightly can also help. I see some of this was already mentioned above. Also if silica is added to bone china (or frits, making it into lower firing fine bone china) then it's also easier to get glazes to adhere. I'm fairly new to learning to mix my own slip so I'm still in a testing phase with that as most of my bisqueware has been imported from the UK in the past. Good luck with it and I'll keep checking back to this thread, still learning as I go with casting my own bone china sculptures. Here's a sample of some equine pieces I've glazed - most (but not all) of these are fine bone china: https://www.hynpatty.com/collections/163241
