Using Wax Resist On Ceramics
The most common use for wax resists is also the most practical.
Using wax resist on ceramics. Wax resist is used to cover areas on pottery you dont want galze or slip to get on when you dip the peices into your vat of chemicals. Wax resist can be applied to the bottom of a pot to prevent glazes and ceramic pieces from sticking to the kiln shelf during firings. Try using wax to resist glaze or underglaze. Learn about its practical and decorative applications.
Featuring eliane medina jake corboy jon. Wax resist is used extensively in pottery as a means of controlling glazes and other liquids. Ceramic toolsceramic clayceramic potterypottery artslab potterypottery wheelceramic suppliespottery housesceramic techniques. The function of the wax resist is to keep liquids such as raw liquid glazes from adhering to the clay body of a pot.
How to do ceramic inlay using wax resist there are many ways to approach ceramic inlay. Jul 27 2018 explore camilla lyle s board wax resist and other resist techniques followed by 3784 people on pinterest. Chandra debuse october 2 2015 read comments 11 0 votes average. This procedue will make about 1 2 gallon of wax resist for about 10.
These these techniques will help you add complexity to your surfaces. In ceramics wax resist is often applied to bisque ware in order to resist the application of glazes slips or underglazes. Wax resists wax emulsions and actual melted wax itself are all used in pottery. 0 00 out of 5 you need to be a registered member to rate this.
Chandra debuse shows us how to do ceramic inlay with wax resist and have quick clean up. Commercial wax resist is avaialable but at 20 a pint im too cheap to go that route. The basic technique of resist inlay is to coat the surface of your piece with glaze or underglaze paint a layer of liquid wax resist over the glaze or underglaze scratch your design through the wax and then brush a second color of glaze or underglaze over the incised design. It was created to eliminate problematic dripping and tacky surfaces when applying wax.