MarkS Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Saw this photo in a recent Amaco Facebook posting. Was curious as to how the potter impressed the fern into glaze. Was this a stencil or real fern leaf? If so was it wet so that it would pull some of the glaze off or was it impressed in the glaze and left there to burn off during the firing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpotter Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Saw this photo in a recent Amaco Facebook posting. Was curious as to how the potter impressed the fern into glaze. Was this a stencil or real fern leaf? If so was it wet so that it would pull some of the glaze off or was it impressed in the glaze and left there to burn off during the firing? This is a "shot in the dark", but the pots look to be wood fired with wood ash deposits. Do you think the ferns may have been dipped in a wax resist to transfer the pattern to the clay to keep the ash from forming a glaze on the pattern? Just a guess... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpotter Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Saw this photo in a recent Amaco Facebook posting. Was curious as to how the potter impressed the fern into glaze. Was this a stencil or real fern leaf? If so was it wet so that it would pull some of the glaze off or was it impressed in the glaze and left there to burn off during the firing? Or it could be wax resist ferns with fake ash glaze sprayed over the ferns??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HerbNorris Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Since it is Amaco, and a cone 5-6 glaze, my vote is for your second alternative. Looks to be PA-30 or PA-60 glaze. Wax would have burned off well before it had a chance to have any effect in a wood firing at probably cone 10, 10+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 The maker could have pressed real fern leaves into the jugs just after throwing or soft leather hard; he/she could have left the leaves in the clay and let them burn out during bisque, or pressed them and removed them. The nice way the ferns seem to naturally lay over the shoulder of the jugs leads me to believe they were real, not stencils. Once bisqued, the impression was likely covered with wax resist before the ash glaze was applied. Just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 The info with the photo states that it was the Pompeian Ash glaze. What was interesting was the magenta-purple edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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