Marbling On Clay

Marbling with clay or slips is a great way to make your pottery into a work of art.

Marbling on clay. 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. Turn boring white pots into bold marbled planters with this easy technique. Marbling is fun and easy.

I have been experimenting with marbling techniques lately and decided i wanted to give marbled terra cotta a try. One such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware. Another way of marbling clay is to use a decorative marbling technique. I use it to make miniature cups and plates.

Subscribe to buzzfeed nifty. 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. 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. What colors would you try marbling together.

A straightforward nerikomi technique. However due to the texture the material itself and the paint consistency my previous techniques that worked great on other materials were just not doing the trick with terra cotta or any type of ceramic clay for that matter. In this post an excerpt from the ceramics monthly archives naomi shares her technique for creating beautifully marbled colored clay slabs to handbuild with. Use it to make marble malachite or wood.

Slip glorious slip this versatile liquid form of clay can be used in a multitude of different ways to create and embellish ceramic art. This is a simple technique but the results can be stunning. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. This is how marbled this bowl.

Use it for many things.