Marbling On Clay

Turn boring white pots into bold marbled planters with this easy technique.

Marbling on clay.

Get step by step instructions for this project. Use it for many things. 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. 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.

I use it to make miniature cups and plates. 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. The history of marbling in europe dated back to around the 17th century and was particularly popular in staffordshire in england. One way of achieving a marbled decorative effect is to use underglaze.

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. 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 official nifty youtube channel that shares. One such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware.

A straightforward nerikomi technique. I have been experimenting with marbling techniques lately and decided i wanted to give marbled terra cotta a try. Marbling is fun and easy. Use it to make marble malachite or wood.

Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Another way of marbling clay is to use a decorative marbling technique. Subscribe to buzzfeed nifty. This is how marbled this bowl.

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