Decoration Techniques for Ceramics: Sgraffito and Underglaze
Dry, Transport, and Bake Your Tile
A course by Clara Holt , Ceramist and Illustrator
About the video: Dry, Transport, and Bake Your Tile
Overview
“After you have made your tile, you will need to let it dry and take it to a ceramic studio to glaze and bake it. Here are some tips and indications.”
In this video lesson Clara Holt addresses the topic: Dry, Transport, and Bake Your Tile, which is part of the Domestika online course: Decoration Techniques for Ceramics: Sgraffito and Underglaze. Recreate your stories on ceramics using a range of engraving and painting techniques like sgraffito and underglaze.
Partial transcription of the video
“Dry, transport and bake your tile In this lesson, I'll give you some tips and tricks on the best way to let your tile dry and transport it to a pottery workshop to be fired. For raw tiles like this one, the main thing to be careful about when drying is that it does not embark and does not deform. This is because, drying up and losing water, the tile tends to bend the edges upwards, just to embark. So what I do while drying is to put it between two thicknesses of wood, like this. In this way, having even a very small weight on top, the tile will remain adherent to the surface below. A second...”
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Course summary for: Decoration Techniques for Ceramics: Sgraffito and Underglaze
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decorative Painting, Fine Arts, Traditional illustration
Clara Holt
A course by Clara Holt
Clara Holt is a ceramist and illustrator who lives and works in Milan. After earning a degree in the sciences and working for years in the communication and advertising industry, she discovered her passion for ceramics while traveling on holiday.
Once home, she started attending ceramic schools and taking courses, sharing her creations on Instagram as she progressed, which led to her first paid commission and thousands of followers on the platform. She currently collaborates with other ceramic artists and brands while also participating in design and architecture projects to promote the use of decorative ceramics to enhance spaces and products.
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