#glaze testing

[muddypyro]

this recipe is third generation, and after several attempts to 'breed' a dark crystalline glaze, I stumbled on this;

this would be a good example of cobalt and nickel competing for crystal coloration. it's a greener hue in person, but with so much refraction going on, photographing it has been difficult. another stable glaze, in terms of crazing and keeping up with the porcelain.

when soaked in acid to leach excess oxides;

quite different!

trying to think of a good name for this result...

and still trying to get a fully deep/dark crystalline glaze. already have some ideas from this result though, testing that out next firing!

[bichadraws]

- Commissions Info -

[art-of-dragonheadskilax]

Standees I made using my dear gf’s designs of them. Plus a buncha test prints

[sopuu]

hi guys since twt is self destructing yet again i have a bsky if you want to find me there! ✌️

[smolartdork]

Test tile photo dump!

[birch-shark-art]

Tiny little pitcher!

I have absolutely no idea what this is good for, tbh. One serving of milk for your tea, if your mug isn't too big? Using as a vase for very small flowers? Just decoration? idk! Would love to hear if anyone has any ideas -- I use small bowls a lot, but I'm curious what people might use tiny pitchers for, if anything!

Anyway I was on a kick of making tiny things last month, so I ended up making a bunch of little bowls and jugs in both white and black clay. Expect more posts with 'em!

[buf309]

Can you honestly tell me that this scenario has never haunted your mind at all? 😈

🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃

[jbbartram-illu]

Hello! That blue woodsman from you last shop update is gorgeous! How did you get such a rich blue?

So this is a mildly fraught question because that Woodsman is made from a black clay (aka a clay body heavily pigmented with iron oxide), which can react SUPER weirdly to glazes. What I'm saying is that it's been an Adventure figuring out what glazes to use on this clay & I've definitely had some disappointing results...

...but THIS GUY?? Not one of them!

The glaze I used is called Blue Cornflower by Coyote from their Enduro-Colour line & it totally sings on the black clay. Here's another sculpture I used it on (a very fun commission for a Manta Ray rolling tray, a.k.a. the Manta Tray):

Dreamy, eh?!

I'm also super jazzed because a bunch of my new Spectrum glazes look rad on the black clay -- here are a few of my favs:

And finally (how do these get so long? It's certainly not my fault!), one of my fav unexpected successes is putting Amaco's Potter's Choice Seaweed on black clay. What's usually a lovely deep, sargasso-sea green becomes...agèd-looking, slightly shiny bronze?! Because pottery is magic & also alchemy?!*

*I know it's actually chemistry, but I don't understand chemistry beyond a very basic level so to me? ALCHEMY!

[dseval]

I'm not sure if anyone wants to see this but who knows. Random Madoka art in my utmv account. Who knows. I figured you guys have never seen me drawn anything other than cartoony humans and silly skeletons.

This is me trying HiPaint (name sounds tacky asf) out for the first time. I can see a lot of mistakes that I did but I did it in one layer and this app sucks ass so I won't bother fixing that...

If you are interested in seeing me, hardcore Ibis Paint X glazer, review HiPaint (objectively)... Just come under the cut.

THIS APP SUCKS ASS!!

...kidding. Drawing apps may not suck, but my art may suck.

I am an experienced artist with over 7 years using Ibis Paint X (I was there before the liquify tool). Not to flex, obviously. But as you can see I am very at home with Ibis Paint X and I have tried other apps: Autodesk sketchbook, Medibang, Infinite Painter, android CSP...

Anyway, HiPaint. Yeah. This app doesn't fully suck. Imo, it's good and it's free— except there are banner ads!! Bane of my existence. In the bottom of the screen. Luckily you can fight this by simply turning off internet.

It has more free features than Ibis Paint X, I think. I am lost so I haven't explored this app fully yet.

However my phone is too old for this new youngster things. Boomer. The performance is choppy; spinning the artwork to a specific angle doesn't work, zooming doesn't work sometimes, pen randomly strokes because it doesn't read my finger touch.

Ideally, you may want to have a tablet and a stylus to utilize this app fully (which I don't have). Some say it's like procreate for Android.

Is it beginner friendly? ...not really. Maayyyybeeee. It doesn't give me an impression of beginner friendly. Every tool is hard to find. I've been drawing for years and I don't know what half of these tools even do. UI/UX isn't very intuitive in my opinion.

But yeah, it receives a 6/10 on the scale. -4 because the experience wasn't the best... Might try again once I have a tablet

[koeal]

Sun!Dream is a shared with @starryelem

[muddypyro]

now some good shit:

a new copper and iron glaze i developed!

probably redid this recipe 5x to fine tune the chemistry according to all the research available before trying this. quite happy. here's how it keeps the porcelain translucency

oof. so nice. stable af too.

[guardianspirits13]

Glaze seems to be overrun with requests right now, so I tried my hand at some of my own AI distortion overlays to minimize art theft from scrapers and bots… I figured some scrambled text might add to machine confusion so fingers crossed that these are moderately effective 🤞🤞🤞

Left is OG, right is with an overlay. Just import the image over your art, put it on Overlay or Soft Light, and lower the opacity to 30%-ish. You can adjust the colors and size of the image with transform and HSB to best fit your piece with minimal distraction.

These are relatively easy to make in Procreate if anyone wants a tutorial… the theory is that with enough random lines and colors the generators won’t be able to recognize the style as easily.

[ratzhatz14]

Bro dont listen to no N4STYWR3CKKK bra that shi got me so fucked up i started doodling perspective

[moldspace]

Do you think your little ceramic sculptures would hold up to having tea poured over them regularly?

definitely! i have a mug i made that has held up to regular coffee-holding and dishwashing for over a year now. ceramics don't really mind getting wet or even hot and wet!

[werewolfest]

Bearpot bearpot bearpot!

[glvssviscera]

Putting all my drawings of Aventurine’s sister in one post. Her name is Sibel and she is a Mourning Actor who goes by the stage name Glory.