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Comment by Donna Ferrara on April 15, 2012 at 3:24pm

wow, her work is amazing...the figurative work is so lifelike, but then surreal with the designs etc

the dry glazing sounds like something my students would love, especially my kids class.  thanks for posting all the info

Comment by Jan Wallace on April 15, 2012 at 2:36pm

Your very welcome Donna,

The glazes are actually very dry to touch, no matter how they are applied.

I have really admired Simone's work for a long time now and have practised the techniques taught to me at college on and off over the years. I also found the article yesterday that I was given to me at college written by Simone herself about the techniques. There is another dry glaze recipe. I might scan the page even though its a bad photocopy and post it too.

Also from the look of Simone's work, she may apply multiple engobes, bisque fires and then might apply multiple dry glazes to some pieces, then wipes off the glaze in the high areas to reveal the colours of the engobes underneath. I was also taught that you can use a scouring pad to wipe back glaze too and it actually kind of sands off the glaze surface. Obviously this is not recommended due to the dust hazard so a damp sponge is preferrable rinsing in between wipes. At college the glazes used to be quite thin and students used to dip the whole piece in a glaze then wipe back areas. Others, including myself used to spray or sponge. Then perhaps add other glazes by sponging, brushing to highlight other areas.

Back in the early days, Simone used to used gold leaf to also highlight areas on a piece. I have used ceramic gold paint which I often use to dry brush (stiff brush) across a surface decorated in this way as its alot cheaper.

I want to try a black underglaze or black slip under these glazes too as I think it would really work well against the vibrant foreground glaze.

Another technique I have always been intrigued by for sculptural work and reading about lately is copper patination techniques. Another Australian ceramic artist I admire by the name of Susan Jorgensen had long used this process, plus another more recent glaze technique that looks similar to dry glazing (not absolutely sure). Here is a link. I am sure you will enjoy it. Have a look at the 'Chair' tab from her homepage. Wow. http://www.susanjorgensenceramicsculpture.com/about.html

So much to do.... so little time.... but its fun. :) Have a great week.

Comment by Donna Ferrara on April 15, 2012 at 2:13am

thanks for the info and recipes, it is a terrific technique; Simone Fraser's work is really interesting

I was wondering why is it called dry glazes? 

Comment by Jan Wallace on April 14, 2012 at 3:17pm

Hi Eleanor, I could not find it either. Sorry for the confusion. Must have got lost in syber space? Luckily, I had typed it into a word doc also. It is there now. Go to 'Discussion Forums' and the top of the main page, then scroll down the 'Glaze Recipes' and its the very top discussion called 'Dry Glazes and Engobes for Cone 6 - Recipes and Techniques'.

Comment by eleanor akowitz on April 14, 2012 at 9:16am

jan -  where do i find tis discussion fodrum "recipe exchange"  i have looked around this site and can't locate it.  where is it

Comment by Jan Wallace on April 14, 2012 at 2:12am

Donna, I posted the response in a discussion forum as a 'Recipe Exchange'

 

Comment by Donna Ferrara on April 13, 2012 at 5:45pm

love these-the colors are so vibrant....so different; what is the technique?

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