scramble Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hello, Ive been collecting broken old ceramic pieces from a local stream and I wanted to incorporate these into new vessels. I wanted to do an almost mosaic effect but pressed into the walls of the vessel. However I know that shrinkage will be a big issue? I’m using an earthenware grog . Any tips on joining old ceramics pieces to fresh clay?? I’m very new to ceramics so know very little - as is evident. Many thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Depends on how you want them displayed I guess. You can melt their glaze to stick, or melt something lower temp on your clay and stick them with that. I'd love to see the shards juuuuust melted, that would be dope. I find some old Buffalo Pottery from 1912 in a campsite by my River. Sorce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 What do you find? Here's some of my stash! Some from Germany, England, and Japan too! Sorce kswan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyK Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 My suggestion would be to test what you want to do with small pieces...small shards on small pots... to see what happens... Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Thank you so much for all your responses! I’m going to do a test and hopefully it will work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 2:23 PM, Sorcery said: What do you find? Here's some of my stash! Some from Germany, England, and Japan too! Sorce Wow! they’re beautiful! Where abouts have you found all of this bounty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Somewhere near The Brookfield Zoo! What do you find? Sorce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 10:56 AM, scramble said: However I know that shrinkage will be a big issue? I’m using an earthenware grog . Any tips on joining old ceramics pieces to fresh clay?? You are right that the shrinkage will be a big issue. The fired ceramics is going to constrict how the raw clay shrinks and in all likelihood will crack to relieve the stresses. Perhaps you could make a platter or large tile form with earthenware, fire and glaze that then use some of your found old ceramics pieces to do a mosaic in the center of it. (decorative use only) Glazes can change appearance significantly if fired to a higher or lower temperature than originally so there is that aspect to it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 23 hours ago, Min said: Glazes can change appearance significantly if fired to a higher or lower temperature than originally so there is that aspect to it too. This would worry me. Also, mixing clay and glazes is a recipe for disaster. My best suggestion would be to mix and match old and new as mosaic, not firing them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 UPDATE: Here’s my piece I made in the end. I’m still finishing a vessel with a more mosaicy feel to it. In the end I just had a go at it, but shrinkage has now happened on both pots pictured,, however, seen as this was just exploratory work for an art college project it’s okay! Thank you again for everyone’s advice! Hulk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/2/2021 at 1:01 PM, Sorcery said: Somewhere near The Brookfield Zoo! What do you find? Sorce Hey, here’s a little sample of what i’ve found, all in a local tiny brook in rural England. Definitely not as impressive as your haul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcery Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 8 hours ago, scramble said: not as impressive Whatevs! That's fantastic! My spot is kinda generic, more old ignorant littering than history. That stuff looks old old. Sorce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Sorcery said: Whatevs! That's fantastic! My spot is kinda generic, more old ignorant littering than history. That stuff looks old old. Sorce I’ve been asking all the older people who have been living here for decades whether they know why there’s so much broken ceramics down there, but the best I’ve learnt is that there used to be an old brickworks there 100 years back or something? My best guest is that there was a pottery there too? But no one knows about it! Very odd.. Maybe just littering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 post a photo of fired pot please. Min 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scramble Posted February 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark C. said: post a photo of fired pot please. Sorry- I haven’t had the chance to fire anything yet— I don’t have access to a kiln until lockdown ends here in the UK I do not have high hopes that they’ll survive but I’ll give it a go when I’m back at college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loreal Posted December 25, 2021 Report Share Posted December 25, 2021 I'm new to ceramics and I came across this group.. Too cool all the finds of old pottery.. I'm in Sacramento and in nearby Folsom it is common to find old Chinese pottery from when workers were building the railroad. Looking forward to seeing your creations.. Experimentation seems like a big part of the adventure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashjade Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 Hello. Found this post… have been collecting old pottery pieces from Kent in UK and would like to add them to a terracotta floor tile. I was thinking of adding them sinking them in the clay before it dries and is fired. Has anyone tried? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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