Marbling On Clay

One way of achieving a marbled decorative effect is to use underglaze.

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 such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware. Turn boring white pots into bold marbled planters with this easy 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.

This is a simple technique but the results can be stunning. Another way of marbling clay is to use a decorative marbling technique. What colors would you try marbling together. This is how marbled this bowl.

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

A straightforward nerikomi technique. Subscribe to buzzfeed nifty. Use it for many things. 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. In this post an excerpt from the ceramics monthly archives naomi shares her technique for creating beautifully marbled colored clay slabs to handbuild with. The history of marbling in europe dated back to around the 17th century and was particularly popular in staffordshire in england. Get step by step instructions for this project.

I have been experimenting with marbling techniques lately and decided i wanted to give marbled terra cotta a try.