Magic of Blue and White on a ceramic mug. Cobalt Carbonate turned blue after firing

Blue and white chinese style painting on a hand built ceramic mug. Fired at cone 011 bisque, painted with porcelain slip first then painted with cobalt carbonate diluted with water.#clay #ceramic #art #blueandwhite ‪@SetGozo‬

[@angelicarosales6256]

Beautiful. Love that cup!

[@SetGozo]

Thank you! 😊

[@HarmoniaAAxyridis]

Beautiful! How did you get the speckles even though you used a porcelain underglaze?

[@SetGozo]

The clay is reclaimed clay from our community clay and some of the clay mixed were dark clay. I assumed lots of iron that made the iron popped out.

[@SetGozo]

Plus the white surface I usually use porcelain slip then finished it off with white underglaze to avoid using all white underglaze which can be expensive. Enjoy making clay stuff!!!

[@ackamazing]

Did you put the wash over or under the glaze?

[@SetGozo]

I used white underglaze three layers fired cone 6 then I drew the flowers with cobalt carbonate and dunked in clear studio clear glazed. So, I used the wash under the glaze to avoid smearing. Thank you hope this helps.