Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: bowls, classes, process

You know how I love a good challenge!

So when one of my students Heidi “challenged me”
to do some water etching instead of stamping… I said “Game On!”

So I threw a bowl, dried it to leatherhard, trimmed it and brought it back to class. I didn’t really have a design plan… so I went more with a “sampler” style bowl. So in class I painted my patterns on the bowl with shellac. I used a Q-Tip instead of a brush because I thought it would have a better edge instead of bristles moving around too much… plus, disposable! I let the shellac dry… and then it was time to start wiping away the background clay! More to come…

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