tashina knight

I would sail away…, originally uploaded by extra-minty.

This is a porcelain platter made by Wendy Kershaw.

She also incises her lines, which I want to learn, so I was interested in her technique:

"Wendy draws her designs on leather-hard clay, using food colouring, then takes a needle and incises the lines. The piece is then biscuit fired after which she paints stain over the whole surface. She then wipes it back with a cloth and to get the white marks uses a rubber. She paints more stain on to get the darker shades. She uses a mixture of black and blue stains to give it a subtle blueish tinge, an ink-like feel.

The work is then fired to about 1220 degrees C and then she uses wet/dry paper to give an egg shell finish, there is no glazing used."’

I thought this piece was especially fun for illustrating a porcelain bathtub by drawing on porcelain.

1, originally uploaded by liz huppert.

Came across this ceramic bird today on flickr. I think it’s beautiful. I tried to google the author, but  didn’t find much. If you know more about the artist, add a comment below.

I’m thinking that Found on Flickr may be a common theme on the new improved blog. There are too many pictures on there that get buried.

I’d like to work with texture more. I’ve painted flat on canvas for too long. I’m ready to try new tools.