Using Sticker Paper to Cut Resists When Glazing Pottery!
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2021
- This video is a quick demonstration of using sticker paper to cut designs to use as a resist in glazing. I am using paper stickers, but vinyl works a bit better, I just didn’t have any at the time.
Materials needed:
Sticker paper,
Your original drawing on the sticker paper
Xacto knife
Cutting mat
Wax resist- optional if dipping
Glaze. (I am using Coyote Clay and Color Steel Gray Shino, cone 6)
Clay for patty
I demonstrate how I cut out a sticker design using a craft knife in order to place on my bisque fired cup, and glaze over to create a dynamic design.
In my classroom, we use stoneware glazes (cone 5 and 6 midfire) on our Standard 153 stoneware, a nice midrange firing stoneware. I used underglazes in the carved design grooves of the boxes to keep the stoneware glazes separate when they fire.
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Thank you for sharing the air bubble trick and the ‘cookie’. I didn’t know you could put a wet clay cookie underneath your pot!!! Game changer! 💕
Thank you! I love your videos, you are such a great teacher. I am just starting out with pottery and I find myself going to your videos for anything I want to learn and any troubles I am having with a skill! I agree with another subscriber who said " I bet your students just love you".
Aww- thank you! I don't know about that, but I do love my students!!! :)
Thank you again! I just love your video. I bet you’re students just love you.
You never disappoint! Cool design, thank you!
What a brilliant idea, I love it!
I love how you teach!! Thank you😊
That turned out so well wow
Very helpful. Thank you. I appreciate your presentation skills. I know this requires a lot of preparation and time.
Wow!! This is absolutely beautiful! I have been having so many problems with air bubbles in my glaze because I have so much texture on my clay. I had no idea you could rub the glaze like that!!! I always learn such helpful information from you!!! Thank you so much!!
Thanks for sharing the air bubble tip. I have to try it!!
Cool hack. Will try this
Very 👍 well done
Thank you!
Not just amazing.... Also beautiful.... Also useful for drinking... Thanks
This was very informative thanks. Is the patty dry when you fire the glazed pot?
Yes, it is!!! If it's still moist when I load, I just do a preheat to thoroughly dry the patties before it gets over 200!
Did you use 1 dip of glaze? I’m new to the pottery world and thought the magic layer was 2-3 coats? I love it! I have a cricut and this has just opened a whole new world of possibilities 😍
Yes, one dip. I prefer dipping and pouring to brushing. You have to experiment with individual glazes to know their characteristics. I love the Coyote glazes for their consistency. 2-3 coats is typically brushing.
Hi Karan. Love your videos. Do you reuse the patties?
I do if they’re in good condition! At home, I actually make my patties thicker, and I kiln wash them intentionally to use them many times!
😍😍😍
Wonderful demo. What is the name of the glaze and what cone? Does school allow you to fire above low fire glazes? And one more question: I've seen videos of making stilts for bottom of pots but none for making shelf props. Does anyone do that? Thanks!
I fire both low fire and midrange cone 6 glazes at school. The one in the video is Coyote steel gray shino - cone 6. I don’t use stilts as a rule- too many kids projects to fire- and that’s too labor intensive. Instead, I teach them to dry foot!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass Noooooo, I know about dry foot and making stilts. What I asked was does anyone or does anybody ever make the shelf props and if so is there anything to be aware of?
I’ve never made any sort of kiln furniture, I just know that it has to be made from fire clay!
So you fire an unfired or raw piece of clay under the bisque pieces that are now going to be glaze fired?
Yes- for my students - they make raw patties as catchers if their glazes run. I use prefired ones when I fire at home- and I reuse them!
Could you do it in reverse? I want my students to be able to make and use a stencil but I think they would rather have it in a glazed colour rather than the bare clay colour. We don’t have dip glaze, we only have glaze that can be brushed on. Could we do two colours, one that the entire cup is glazed and then another coat that is stenciled on on top of that first glaze? New to pottery and unsure of myself with glazing.
Yes, absolutely, depending on your glazes! Just test the glazes to see before using them on a project. Some will be fine and crisp, some may bleed too much and lose your definition.
So you must have been sure the glaze doesn’t run, correct?
Could you have left the sticker on, and let it burn off in the Kiln?
I love your videos. You’re an awesome teacher.
Right! That glaze is not a runner!! I knew it would stay put! During a glaze firing, I wouldn’t leave the sticker on as the ash could contaminate the glaze. Bisque wouldn’t be a problem- I just wouldn’t want to do it with a glaze! :)
If the glaze runs onto the patty do they get stuck together? Do you wait gor the patty to completely dry before you fire it?
Hi Pamela- I preheat the kiln to dry out the patties so they won't explode! And, if the glaze runs, yes- it sticks to the patty. Then it is up to my kids to remove the patty using the hammer, chisel, and grinder. (I have another video they follow for safely doing that!) It puts the responsibility of proper glazing on them, as their natural consequence of not glazing well is that they have to break off the patty and grind their pot. Before I started using patties in my classroom, the responsibility fell on me as a teacher to grind off the glaze from my shelves- and that took WAY too much of my time that I would rather use teaching! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as they say!!!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thanks
What kept the glaze from running over the exposed bird on the branch?
The nature of the glaze prevented it. Some glazes will have more of a fluxing nature which makes them runners. The steel gray shino I used is very stable and I knew it would work well!!
Why do you put the clay patty under the cup?
It is a safety- to catch any glaze that could potentially run and keep it off the kiln shelf!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass I was wondering the same thing. Thanks!
Would leaving the vinyl on and letting it burn away in the kiln be ok? Is there a reason not to do that?
I prefer to keep the glaze firing clean of ash and contamination that could have a negative effect on the glaze result!
Hi Karan 👋! Thanks for sharing all your info! What brand name wax do you use? I'd like to buy some!
Brand of sticker paper? I used what I had on hand- it was a vinyl sticker paper that I use for my glaze jay labels! Something like this: amzn.to/33QVtet but, I bet nearly any would do!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thanks for the info but I was curious about the wax brand name! :):)
Oh- lol!!! Sorry! That’s what I get for reading without my glasses! What I used in that video would’ve been Laguna or Axner wax resist. I just recently started using Forbes from my local supplier in Dayton, Cornelle Studio Supply, and I love that!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass l0l, no problem on the misunderstanding ;) ! Thanks so much for the info! I love the work you do and all the classes you put out! I'm just learning pottery now and your tutorials really help me out a lot in all ways! I'm sure you're an awesome teacher because your videos are awesome and I can tell from the way you are on them that you must me an amazing kind and generous loving person! I look forward to learning more from you, Karan!
Is the patty used like a "cookie"? I've never seen a wet one used...
Yes- the same! I just dry out the patty with a preheat prior to ramping up. (Or just load the day before to allow them to dry naturally). When they’re thin- they dry very fast!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thank you so much
U can use a cricut or silhouette machine for printing stickers it cuts it for u
Yep- that’s what I said in the video! :) I just wanted to show this to people if they don’t have one!
How do you get the glaze to not run into the pattern when fired?
I used what I knew would be a very stable glaze!! With testing, you will get to know which of your glazes have more of a stable or runny quality. This is Coyote Brand Steel Gray Shino.
@@KaransPotsAndGlass I see ok thx I will keep that in mind when adding glazes thank you
What brand of sticky paper do you use?
In this video it was a few random sticky shipping labels. At home I just use some Arteza vinyl.
When you are making your clay patty the bird looks like you added something to it. Did you?
That's because I shot those out of order. I actually hadn't removed the sticker when I made the patty!!
Great video. I think someone is playing a joke or something on you with the closed captioning, though. for example, "the needs of people Don't make up bai occurred in the enemies," @0:24, doesn't sound very potteryish,
Baaahaaahaaa!!! Omg! That’s so weird!!! 😂😂