Decorating a mug with underglaze and sgraffito
Decorating a Mug
This video from 2012 is a tutorial on decorating pottery with under glazes and sgraffito. During the video I describe my decision making process as I apply decoration to a mug.
Highlights from Handbuilding and Decorating a Platter with Ben Carter
Making a Drape-Molded Oval Platter
If you’d like to make a large platter that isn’t round, using a slab and a slump mold can be just the ticket. Ben Carter makes this mold with insulating foam board, and creates a lovely undulating rim with sewn fabric pouches. Next Ben shares how he decorates the platter with slip, underglaze, and sgraffito, discussing subtle details like placement of motifs to move the eye around the composition to contrasting shiny surfaces with matt. Watching these techniques it is easy to imagine different ways to personalize them – the sky’s the limit!
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Intruction on Throwing, Handbuilding and Slip Decorating
In this edition of the Ceramic Arts Daily Presents video series, Ben Carter shares his methods for integrating surface design with altered wheel-thrown and handbuilt pottery. Referencing pillows, tufted furniture, and quilts, Carter imbues his pots with softness in a variety of ways—from altering freshly thrown pots to create volume, to stretching soft clay into foam slump molds. Using this overfilled aesthetic as a metaphor for the comfort of southern hospitality, he complements the soft forms with slip and underglaze decoration using sgraffito, slip trailing, and painting techniques.
Runtime: 3 hours – 2 disc set
