Found New Textured Paper!

[Roberta12]

I agree with Corn Starch.  Shellac is water based and will come off and wont protect paper over time unless reapplied.

 The person (Molly Hatch)  who taught me about the shellac has had the same textured paper for 10 years and travels with that paper rolled up in her luggage for workshops.  It dries stiff and I have mine stacked up against a wall ready to use.  I do use corn starch to keep the clay from sticking to the shellacked paper.  Old Lady mentioned spray shellac.  That would be  a time saver I bet!

[Babs]

I'll fiddle toda when doing bookwork:-)))

Have done it before but not for sometime

[paradisegold]

paradisegold, your question makes me wonder if you want to make an item just like the ones i photographed or do you want to make a bowl, a totally different shape.

 

for any shape using this method, you must roll out a flat slab of clay and roll it over the paper so that the texture of the leaves will transfer to the clay.  once you have a large slab that has the leaf texture, use any method of joining the slabs into any shape you like.  i cannot think of how you might make a round bowl with a slab unless you cut parts of it that will destroy the leaf pattern.

 

i made the tall items by wrapping the slab of textured clay around a shape made of something hard, the square pieces were formed around a glass vase and the oval pieces were formed around a wooden shape.  i cut the slab at a 45 degree angle and applied slip to help join the piece in the center of the flat side so i could apply pressure while the support was inside.  then i cut a square of the slab for the bottom and applied slip to help join the bottom to the sides.  i then set the tall square on top of the slipped square and rocked it on all four sides to make a tight joint at the bottom.  the same steps produced the ovals.

 

that is the method but the secret to making it all work is that the form inside is separated from the clay by at least two wraps of paper during the forming process.  the form is left inside until all the joints are firm and then it is pulled out from the top.  the paper has become moist by then and it will stick to the clay.  that can be removed later but before it dries totally.  damp paper is easier to remove then.

 

there are many books that explain how to make slab forms but most say you must cut all four sides separately.  it is easier to fold the clay slab around a form if you are not particular about having exact 90 degree corners on the finished product.  folding the slab allows the pattern to flow around the piece with the only interruption being the seam that is joined with slip.  the slab is just less than 1/4 inch thick or it would not fold without excessive cracking.

 

practice this technique and work out the problems that exist and you could make something really special.

Hiii

 

Many Thanks for the replay ... 

 

Really you answer is to good and i understood perfectly all of the techniques and process. now it's time to make this bowl....

 

Thanks..

[No Longer Member]

 

 

got a new can of fixative to spray this paper.  the old one came from the 1990s and it just ran out.  the new one was hard to use, holding the button down was not easy for such a large paper but it is done.   

 

 

Here ya go: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/krylon-snap-spray-7099/7141217-p?iv_=__iv_p_1_a_214327102_g_12425515822_w_pla-191564126662_h_9014017_ii__d_c_v__n_s_x_pla_y_6201684_f_online_o_7141217-P_z_US_i_en_j_191564126662_s__vi__&utm_source=ACQ&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA&utm_content=shoppingcampaigns&gclid=CIfY9sLl8c4CFQMdaQodJpoCWg

 

 

or this one looks easier to squeeze: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snap-Spray-Gun-/112113848232?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368