Underglaze on bisque

If you find that you don't have quite the right color underglaze, you may have wondered about mixing underglazes. Underglaze is very versatile and it can be adapted for lots of underglaze techniques. In this article I look at mixing underglaze colors. And whether you can mix underglaze with slip, clay and glaze. Check out my article for tips on how to expand your underglaze palette using the colors you already have on your shelf.

34 likes, 0 comments - nohdomidesign on August 25, 2023: "🖤 Inkwell Prototypes - Back to underglaze calligraphy on bisque 🖤 Working on a set of inkwells to test out for calligraphy nib and...".

Painting with underglaze on pottery can be done either during the greenware phase, or the bisque phase. Nikki Mizak chooses to do her underglaze painting on bisque fired clay and enjoys building up layers as you do in watercolor painting.

Hope Kathleen Limyansky-Smith on Instagram: "🫧Throwback🫧 With all this talk of bubbles on my page… this seemed fitting! If you want to see the finished result, I will share it to my story for the first 24 hours that this reel is up! Past that- you can scroll back on my reels page to see it 🫧 🫧I only do this on bisque (water will break down greenware) 🫧Foaming hand soap works better for some reason 🫧 I usually rebisque the pot, then glaze it to avoid smearing the underglaze! Not…

Jonah Harjer on Instagram: "More underglazes on these pattern mugs today. // The greenish blue underglaze on this mug has been bisque fired on. After that I applied an orange underglaze wash and through trial and error I have learned that when I apply an underglaze wash on top of another underglaze it's pretty much going to look exactly the way it does now when it comes out of the kiln later. // I wasn't super happy with the way the orange looked inside the recessed areas of the stamp so I…

Shawna Pincus on Instagram: "Printing fields of Poppies for February! I’m using my gelli plate and @smalldogprints silk screen to transfer my drawing of a poppy field onto this cup. The cup is already fired once (bisque) and has a coat of raw glaze applied to the part I’m printing on. I use thickened underglaze to print(nothing added, just left to evaporate). I’ll paint into the poppies with watered down underglaze and finish glazing with a pop of color on the base. Then into the kiln for…

Renee LoPresti on Instagram: "Underglaze washing mugs 🖌️ . At this stage in the process, mugs have been decorated with various glazes, fired to bisque temperatures and a navy blue mix of underglaze and water is brushed over the surfaces. The wash stains, darkens and settles into the matte surface of the linework as well as the incised dashes along the rim and foot of each mug. Once the underglaze wash dries, a damp sponge is used to wipe away the excess. . Today I will pour an opaque…

Linda on Instagram: "Here are the finished mugs from a few Reels ago. I was a little worried (and so were several commenters on that post 😅😂) that the blue underglaze would look smeary because I applied it after the cups had already been bisque fired. But I’m happy with how they turned out! This is Teal Blue velvet underglaze from @amacobrent on @georgiesceramic White Salmon stoneware, design carved with @diamondcoretools fine point carving tools 🙌"