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updated wed 11 oct 06

 

Jean Campbell on sat 29 mar 97

I read the thread on wax resist with interest, mainly to see if an
alternative to wax was suggested. None was forthcoming so here is mine.
Acrylic Gloss Medium, imho, is at least as effective as wax and, aside
from the obvious (no heating, no stink) has a couple of other
advantages. It can be coloured for visibility, and pieces can be stacked
and handled without fear of contamination.
There are a couple of tricks to remember: 1. a plastic yogurt container
makes a useful dish: line it with a couple of thicknesses of paper
towel, soak well and pour out excess water before pouring/squeezing AGM
in. Plastic wrap the top when not in use and it will remain useable for
a couple of months. 2. Tint with acrylic paints but do not use colours
like cobalt blue, red oxide, etc. Watch out for colours containing
titanium white too, some shades of yellow for example are produced using
it.
Gloss Medium is preferred to mat, because it has superior adhesive
properties. Like wax, it burns out when fired leaving no residue and
care must be taken to avoid drips/runs. Emery paper will remove mistakes
but drips/runs are best avoided by not diluting with water.
It is possible to resist areas which have been glaze coated but these
will not stand too much rubbing when attempting to remove the next
glaze. Dabbing with a piece of paper towel while still wet should
suffice.
Brushes clean in water and it is a good idea to dry the bristles and to
dip in acrylic retarder before storing, bristles up.
Have a good Easter,
Jean in West Oz looking forward to winter..it is raining today for the
first time since last December!

mel jacobson on sun 31 mar 02


try using acrylic paints.
if you use white clay, often the color
in the resist will come off and make a great
pattern.

charles pearce, the world famous calligrapher,
uses plain old acrylic paints on pots. perfect letters
and a perfect resist. even the most sharp line would
be clear.
(claytimes two years ago.)

my students used cray-pas on pots...often, it too, left
color. wax crayons work...and the list is long.
mel
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Russel Fouts on mon 1 apr 02


mel,

> acrylic paints. ....my students used cray-pas on pots...often, it too, left color. wax crayons work...and the list is long. <

This is the basis of the workshop I do. Smoke firing in the electric
kiln is the "hook" what gets their attention but it's really about
alternative resists.

Try ANYTHING greasy that repells water. Each resist has it's own
characteristics; how much it repells or doesn't repell water, quality of
line that it leaves behind etc. Crayons, Craypas, grease pencils, piece
of wax, floor wax, tapes (discovered sticky drywall tape in the last
workshop, thanks Cheryl!), string, paper, glues, etc.

Even Terra-Sigillata is a resist against smoke when you think about it.

When I demonstrate using a bar of chocolate as a resist I ALWAYS get
comments. ;-) 'Course I demo with good Belgian chocolate, just for
effect. American is better, more waxy. ;-)

Save the good stuff for eatin'

Ru

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mel jacobson on tue 10 oct 06


i was just thinking of the time i
used a bar of soap to make wax like
marks. worked great.

also:

those that pit fire, black ware fire...low
temp stuff.

a nice heavy black graphite pencil will
make wonderful `art marks` on pots that
are not fired too high. they become silver drawings.

old finger nail polish, any color, would be nice
to control with a small tight brush on bisque ware.

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