Marbling On Clay

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Marbling on clay.

In this post an excerpt from the ceramics monthly archives naomi shares her technique for creating beautifully marbled colored clay slabs to handbuild with. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. One way of achieving a marbled decorative effect is to use underglaze. A straightforward nerikomi technique.

This is a simple technique but the results can be stunning. Marbling with clay or slips is a great way to make your pottery into a work of art. Subscribe to buzzfeed nifty. Use it for many things.

Get step by step instructions for this project. This is how marbled this bowl. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. Slip glorious slip this versatile liquid form of clay can be used in a multitude of different ways to create and embellish ceramic art.

Marbling is fun and easy. One such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. The history of marbling in europe dated back to around the 17th century and was particularly popular in staffordshire in england.

Another way of marbling clay is to use a decorative marbling technique. This is a redo video on how to marbleize clay and the few things you need to know to do it without worrying about cracking your clay body. Use it to make marble malachite or wood. I use it to make miniature cups and plates.

What colors would you try marbling together.