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Last Updated: Friday, 10 January 2020 21:39

Instructions

1. Roll out a ¼” thick slab

2. Cut slab into a 5”x7” rectangle and compress both sides with rib

3. Sketch out shape that script will go inside and cut stencil out of cardboard

4. Sketch script to go inside the shape on paper and set aside

5. Place cardboard stencil on slab and place texture mat overtop

6. Firmly press texture mat into clay being careful not to move it

7. Pull mat away slowly reviling texture and remove stencil

8. Using a straw, punch a hole for the tile to hang from

9. Thin a small amount of black underglaze with water to create a wash. Paint wash onto textured surface

10. Using a dry sponge remove glaze access glaze from the relief leaving glaze only in the indentations

11. Cut paper with your script sketch to fit inside logo area

12. Place on clay, trace script with pencil and peel away revealing indentation

13. Using detail liner brush and white underglaze, trace outline of design

14. Using detail liner brush and red underglaze, fill in script littering. Apply a second coat once the first is fully dry

15. Using detail liner brush and blue underglaze, fill in logo shape around the words leaving some room around the edges. Apply a second coat once the first is fully dry

16. While the blue underglaze is still wet, apply yellow underglaze to the edges of your logo, allowing the colors to blend. Apply a second coat to just the edges once first coat is completely dry

17. Using detail liner brush, apply a second coat of white underglaze to the outline

18. Apply black underglaze wash around the outside of logo to create depth

19. Using a sgraffito tool once black wash dry, scrape away access wash to create highlights on the textured surface

20. Allow to dry completely

21. Bisque fire to Cone 04. 

22. Option to glaze with clear coat and glaze fire to Cone 06