I was enjoying that before you sped things up ! I'm struggling with raising my wall, it always seems to be thinner in the middle then it collapses on its self, it's very frustrating grrr I love watching you work and love the different items you make 😆💖
Thank you Lynsey! I know what you mean, learning to throw on the wheel can be frustrating. I just takes practise, making many, many pots and throwing a lot of them in the recycle bin. But it is fun along the way! Thanks for chiming in!
Thanks! I assume you are asking about the layer through which I sgrattito. The carving/ sgraffito is done through a colored slip or an underglaze. This is not a glaze. After bisq firing I glaze them with a clear glaze. I hope that makes scense. 😄
Hi Heidi, I am not sure what you mean exactly but I will try and answer your question. When you carve into the surface of clay it will not be smooth anymore, that's just the result of carving. I am now actually carving deeper into clay because I like the effect. Some of the unevenness will be smoothed out a bit by the glaze though. If that is not what you mean and you are talking about the 'edges' of you carving becomming rough or clay chipping a bit while carving, you may be carving into clay that is to dry.
@@heididerksen8227 That is a question I can not easily answer, it depends on the temperatue, humidity and thickness of the clay. I could throw a pot, trim and decorate it in a few hours because of where I live. ( I don't because to quick and uneven drying resluts in cracks so I store my thrown pieces in an old fridge for slow and even drying). I like to start my carving when the clay is sort of soft leather hard because while I am carving it will dry out on me fast due to the temperature here. Just stiff enough so I can handle it without distorting but not to wet because then the trimmings that come off will stick to the pot. Hope this helps!
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire thank and yes it does. I always wondered why you had Jimmy that's a great idea to. Mine was soft leather hard but to me it looks like I carved it instead of scratched it off is that normal so when it dries no cracks or have I gone to deep with the scratching
@@heididerksen8227 I personally like the carved look, but if you prefer a smoother surface you could try a different tool. Maybe a metal rib? That way you can do more scraping and less deep carving. I would let the clay dry a little bit more for scraping though, a good leatherhard is what I would go for.
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Such a pretty piece Monique- great to see the whole process. Very time consuming 🥰
Thanks Sarah! Yes, sgraffito is very very time consuming but also very satisfying. 😁 Btw, the mugs are in the bisc as we speak! 👍🏻
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing the process!
Thank you!
Wonderfull, its a blue turqoise
beautiful!!!!!!! i love your work so much. it's my favourite.
Thank you!
I was enjoying that before you sped things up ! I'm struggling with raising my wall, it always seems to be thinner in the middle then it collapses on its self, it's very frustrating grrr I love watching you work and love the different items you make 😆💖
Thank you Lynsey! I know what you mean, learning to throw on the wheel can be frustrating. I just takes practise, making many, many pots and throwing a lot of them in the recycle bin. But it is fun along the way! Thanks for chiming in!
Thank you for sharing. Was the glaze underglaze? Beautiful work.
Thanks! I assume you are asking about the layer through which I sgrattito. The carving/ sgraffito is done through a colored slip or an underglaze. This is not a glaze. After bisq firing I glaze them with a clear glaze. I hope that makes scense. 😄
@Nu Kua Ceramics Bonaire thank you for clearing that up its an area I would like to explore more.
What tool did you use for the sgraffito?
I use a stylus for the 'drawing' and a Kemper carving tool for the carving.
Just beautiful!
Thank you!
Do we get to see the fired piece?
Hi Fernando, it is shown in the first kilnopening video after this video.
When you do your sgrafitto is it Smooth. I'm just learning pottery tried my hand at it but it's choppy. Either clay too soft or I'm doing it wrong.
Also how long do you let your pieces sit out before you sgraffito?
Hi Heidi, I am not sure what you mean exactly but I will try and answer your question. When you carve into the surface of clay it will not be smooth anymore, that's just the result of carving. I am now actually carving deeper into clay because I like the effect. Some of the unevenness will be smoothed out a bit by the glaze though. If that is not what you mean and you are talking about the 'edges' of you carving becomming rough or clay chipping a bit while carving, you may be carving into clay that is to dry.
@@heididerksen8227 That is a question I can not easily answer, it depends on the temperatue, humidity and thickness of the clay. I could throw a pot, trim and decorate it in a few hours because of where I live. ( I don't because to quick and uneven drying resluts in cracks so I store my thrown pieces in an old fridge for slow and even drying). I like to start my carving when the clay is sort of soft leather hard because while I am carving it will dry out on me fast due to the temperature here. Just stiff enough so I can handle it without distorting but not to wet because then the trimmings that come off will stick to the pot. Hope this helps!
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire thank and yes it does. I always wondered why you had Jimmy that's a great idea to. Mine was soft leather hard but to me it looks like I carved it instead of scratched it off is that normal so when it dries no cracks or have I gone to deep with the scratching
@@heididerksen8227 I personally like the carved look, but if you prefer a smoother surface you could try a different tool. Maybe a metal rib? That way you can do more scraping and less deep carving. I would let the clay dry a little bit more for scraping though, a good leatherhard is what I would go for.