How to Make Terra Sigillata
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Step by step guide on how to make terra sigillata
Finding Your Throwing Bliss with Andy Ruble is a multi-part web series designed to help beginning through advanced ceramic students learn and improve their hand building and wheel throwing skills. - Jak na to + styl
Thank you for keeping it simple
Hi Andy, thank you for the easy explanatory video in burnishing. I am newish in pottery and I am experimenting technics. My question has nothing to do with burnishing but I am looking for a similar tool than the yellow one you have on the video. How is it called and where can you find it please? Many thanks-
Hi There! I ran through this video again and I didn't see a yellow tool. There is a sure form plane in the burnishing video that is a super useful tool for leather hard shaping. These can be found at any hardware store and I think there are for plaster. Thanks for watching, and I hope this answers your question. :)
-Andy
Hi Andy! Awesome video! I’ve been researching this for awhile and I appreciate your breaking down the math to a small batch! 🙌🏼
Wondering, I want to fire to 5-6. But someone told me that the Sig will loose it’s sheen above 04. Is this true?
And, I know a couple potters who fire to Cone 6 with the Sig on the outside, glaze on the inside of the mug. Is the Sig considered food safe at mid-fire range?🤷🏽♀️
Just learning about it all. I got some Low Fire clay to try and make some (ceramic shop guy didn’t tell me about the ball clay). But wondering if I could use my mid fire clay instead?
Thanks again for taking the time. I really appreciated your video.
Hi Faith! Its true that the sign will loose it’s shine above cone 1 or so, but it still has a beautiful antique-like surface that is non toxic but would only be durable enough to go on the outside of a utilitarian object.
If I understand your question correctly, I would just stick with the ball clay to make the sig. It should sit on your mid-range clay body just fine.
Thanks for watching! -Andy
Thanks so much Andy for getting back with me! That sounds great! I do a lot of slip trailing and all the detail gets buried under glaze, so hope maybe this can be a solution. Plus I love the rawish feel of the clay too!
Mmm…can I ask two more questions?🙊😅
What is the dif between sodium silicate, and darvan 7? Is one better than the other?
And I couldn’t find what the difference between Ball Clay and XX Sagger(?) was? Does the XX Sagger make a ‘whiter’ terra Sig than the Ball Clay?
Thanks so much for your help! I’ve been looking all over and keep finding conflicting information, or not the exact answer to my questions?🤣 So thanks in advance! Appreciate it so much!
@@faithandprovidence hi again! Darvan and sodium silicate do the same thing, but in 30 years I have only worked with sodium silicate. Xx saggar clay makes a beautiful sig, but has a tiny bit more iron making it more off white but some may have a hard time telling the difference.
@@faithandprovidence You may also want to experiment with colored slips or under glaze which look good all by themselves and won’t cover your detail with a thick layer. They are just flat color that can also be used as a wash when thinned out. Good luck!
Andy
Yes, I have both underglazed and used slip as well, but I want a more ‘finished’ look, know what I mean? Not exactly matte underglaze, but not exactly glaze either?! Haha! Thanks so much for all your help and answering my questions!!🙌🏼🙌🏼
The right way to pronounce is: si (ci-nnamon ) gilla ta ( ta-blet) 🤗