Ceramic Inlay Technique

Mishima pottery comes from the japanese island of mishima but it was originally transported from korea around the 16th century.

Ceramic inlay technique.

The basic technique of resist inlay is to coat the surface of your piece with glaze or underglaze paint a layer of liquid wax resist over the glaze or underglaze scratch your design through the wax and then brush a second color of glaze or underglaze over the incised design. Ben krupka is a fan of the experimental and playful feel of oribe. There are many different ways to approach inlay ceramics. However differences in placing them will be accentuated.

There are two ways in which wax can be used to produce cast metal ceramic indirect restorations these are known firstly as the indirect wax technique using type 1 inlay wax and secondly the direct wax technique using type 2 inlay wax. We ve done a lot of articles on inlay ceramics often called slip inlay or mishima here on ceramic arts network. How to inlay glaze. This surface design techniqu.

How to inlay a wood bow tie dutchman joint or anything else with straight lines. Here s a good introduction to mishima pottery if you re unfamiliar. In today s post an excerpt from the pottery making illustrated archives ben explains how he uses slips wax resist sgraffito and inlay techniques. Typically mishima is used to create very fine lines on pots by using a sharp blade to carve lines filling the lines with colored slip and then scraping off the excess slip to reveal the fine inlaid design.

Oribe ware is a type of ceramics that originated in the 16th century and is known for its copper green glaze and bold patterns. Ceramic inlay techniques are described in the following sections. When inlaid slip dries the excess is scraped washed away with a sponge to reveal the pattern.