{"id":262,"date":"2012-11-06T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2014-04-04T17:42:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T21:42:50","slug":"more-majolica-decorating-color-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/more-majolica-decorating-color-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"More Majolica Decorating Color chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Gamble, lowfire\u00a0clay artist, Skutt kiln expert, did an article a while back. I don’t remember where – someone out there remember? Tell us! – about the various products for decorating on majolica glaze. I asked David to recap his experiences for us. He said:<\/p>\n

When I did all my tests I found\u00a0GDC’s\u00a0seemed the best – Spectrum was 2nd in my use & assessment and they had lots of color – I heard Color Robbia had some but folks I know said they did not like them & I never tested them – Mayco says that their Stroke & Coats work & yes they melt on top of whites – but I found that they were not as stiff & moved\/bleed at the edges – so exact lines were out of the question with them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0All your tests with velvets on white glazes are still good with me — though not sure about food surfaces – they are so soft they would have to melt completely into the surface to be dinnerware safe. Of course you already know all of this.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before there were GDCs, I tested the AMACO\u00a0Velvet Underglazes\u00a0on top of majolica. The results of this are posted\u00a0on my website Handouts<\/a> page. Some melted very well and were usable for majolica, some were very refractory and pig-skinned (so matt they left a crinkled, stony surface on top of majolica.)<\/p>\n

David was in touch with AMACO, and checked on the availability of GDC colors at this point. He reported:
\nThey are out of pink in 2oz\u00a0but have\u00a0pints of pink\u00a0left — red & turquoise are low in pints around 10 each . \u00a0Seems to be lots of 2 oz jars left in all except pink colors.<\/em><\/p>\n

So folks should get them know while they still have a great selection\u00a0at AMACO’s\u00a0retail store – Brickyard Pottery-\u00a0Cheri is the manager you can call 317 244 5230 \u00a0or Amaco’s\u00a0800 – 374 1600 \u00a0and ask for Cheri at BYP\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>In my studio world, pink is safe, and so is brown. I probably have enough brown for the rest of my studio lifetime. I’d probably run out of the bright yellow (mixed with turquoise 3-4:1 it’s a great Chartreuse), Light Red, Pearl Grey, and Avocado first. \u00a0At one point, I did make it a project to use brown, just to see if I could. I do like certain browns – nice ochre-tan-saddle colors, and reddish, rusty browns. Below, a bowl from 2003 during the self-imposed brown challenge. Summer flowers on the front, winter leaves\u00a0on the back. Perhaps\u00a0the theme\u00a0presaged my later immersion in George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones<\/em> series and the house of Stark motto: winter is coming.<\/p>\n

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Arbuckle majolica bowl, 2003, Now and Then<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Gamble, lowfire\u00a0clay artist, Skutt kiln expert, did an article a while back. I don’t remember where – someone out there remember? Tell us! – about the various products for decorating on majolica glaze. I asked David to recap his experiences for us. He said: When I did all my tests I found\u00a0GDC’s\u00a0seemed the best… Continue reading More Majolica Decorating Color chat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[22,21],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceramic-tech-info","category-majolica","tag-color-2","tag-majolica-2","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t