Marbling On Clay

What colors would you try marbling together.

Marbling on clay.

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. Get step by step instructions for this project. Slip glorious slip this versatile liquid form of clay can be used in a multitude of different ways to create and embellish ceramic art. The history of marbling in europe dated back to around the 17th century and was particularly popular in staffordshire in england.

Marbling with clay or slips is a great way to make your pottery into a work of art. 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. One way of achieving a marbled decorative effect is to use underglaze. 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.

Turn boring white pots into bold marbled planters with this easy technique. The official nifty youtube channel that shares. Another way of marbling clay is to use a decorative marbling technique. I have been experimenting with marbling techniques lately and decided i wanted to give marbled terra cotta a try.

Use it for many things. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. In this post an excerpt from the ceramics monthly archives naomi shares her technique for creating beautifully marbled colored clay slabs to handbuild with. One such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware.

This is how marbled this bowl. A straightforward nerikomi technique. I use it to make miniature cups and plates. This is a simple technique but the results can be stunning.

Marbling is fun and easy.