An absolutely delightful feline design Vaughan, you continue to amaze me to no end. Have a few stencilled pieces made by you, and now I finally know the 'how'. Cheers! ⭐️
Have not made these pieces in awhile, the curry we now get from Curry in a Hurry, actually Curry Express. Sounds hokey but the food is very good, if you start driving now you can join us tomorrow night. Nice to hear from you again, I see Suzanne on Facebook with her paintings. Looks like a nice studio space.
I love this technique do you have a video on how it's done, my granddaughter is horse bad. I so enjoy your videos and your knowledge. Thank you so much. 🐈
It is simple in technique but gruesome in practicality. You place paper over the soft clay and press it down. Then paint another area with under glaze or slip and repeat with the paper. The time between layers can vary from a couple of hours to all day. Under glaze is better but more expensive than slip. The slip has a thickness to it and makes it harder to find the stencils to remove. We apply the slips for its cheaper cost but my wife uses mostly under glaze to avoid the sharp edges left by using slip. You can apply the layers in many ways, brushing, sponging, spraying. It is a very labour intensive process and we have perfected it, but cannot make it profitable. We use it as a hook in the showroom, it gets people in and looking around but most people buy a simpler glazed piece, even though I under price the painted pieces. I timed myself once and figured I can make 10 stoneware mugs in the time it takes to make one stencil painted piece. It is also crucial that all the clay, slips and glaze fit and shrink at the same rate. It took years for me to get this right and I went through all the crazing and shivering problems costing me lots of ruined pots. The classic was when an entire plate shivered the edge off all the way around the rim. Shivering is dangerous and why we need business and liability insurance as potters. My plan is to do this technique as workshops in my studio when the pandemic is over.
I have learned to live with them and avoid the cat hair. They also seem to avoid stepping on the pieces. One cat I had to take back to our house because she loved to sleep inside large bowls. I have had about a dozen over the years and it is best to have an older geriatric cat in the studio. Poubelle is 11 years old, Morandi just died and he was 15. Older cats run less and sleep more. Our house cats will sometimes move over into the studio as they get older, where they are with us all day, so they get lots more attention as they get older. I think Poubelle has only broken one piece in 2 years.
@@Vsmithpots ah makes sense! I didn’t quite know if she was poubelle or another kitty! Sorry to hear about Morandi, best wishes to you. I have two rag doll cats and their hair gets absolutely everywhere (this may be a long haired cat thing), so I’d be worried to have their hair embedded in my clay and on the glaze! Do you think it would become an issue? Thanks :)
An absolutely delightful feline design Vaughan, you continue to amaze me to no end. Have a few stencilled pieces made by you, and now I finally know the 'how'. Cheers! ⭐️
Thanks Christine.
Hi Christine, I am glazing your planter this week if you still want it.
I take a picture with my phone as I add stencils, it's not perfect, but it does help me find them. LOVE your channel!
Finally a reason to get a cell phone. I have used my ipad. Thanks for watching.
Amazing
Wow! 17 plates each with a dozen or more cats that's a lot of cutting! They look great!
Thank you! 😊
@Quentin Darian Thanks, I will consider in the fall, too much gardening and outdoor stuff now.
Love your work. Rhonda (Australia)
Great platter for one of your amazing curries.
Have not made these pieces in awhile, the curry we now get from Curry in a Hurry, actually Curry Express. Sounds hokey but the food is very good, if you start driving now you can join us tomorrow night. Nice to hear from you again, I see Suzanne on Facebook with her paintings. Looks like a nice studio space.
Wonderful technique! I couldn't do that without my dental cotton pliers... you do nicely with a scalpel.
Glad you liked it! no coffee is also a must.
This is so whimsical!
Thanks, I have 8 cats so it seems auto biographical.
That is a beautiful effect
I love your videos!
Thanks, they are my way of giving back or passing on the craft.
So beautiful and sweet.
Crazy good!
Appreciate it!
Beautiful!
Thank you
I love this technique do you have a video on how it's done, my granddaughter is horse bad.
I so enjoy your videos and your knowledge. Thank you so much. 🐈
Yes it is the one with the landscape bowl a few months back
I found videos on Stencils removal but not the process of how to achieve this technique. 🐈
@@MareeK4346 Here is the link. czcams.com/video/FN197bJbZ9A/video.html
@@Vsmithpots Thank you. 🌞
👍
Enjoyed that, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
I loved this video. Thank you for patiently demonstrating this method. I don't know how f I mean ssed it, but how do you glaze it? Thank you 💓
I use a clear cone 4 glaze based on Gerstley Borate.
How did you make cats? Did you use hard stencil draw on newspaper then do colored layer slip.. just cut out with exacting knive.
yes. I did a video on using stencils.
Your work is stunning! I Just have a question for you: why is necessary to take the news paper stancils sono they wouldn’t burk in oven in any case?
The paper burns out in the firing leaving an air bubble under the thin clay layer, which crumbles leaving rough edges.
Do you have a video showing the process of placing the stencils on the plates.
It is simple in technique but gruesome in practicality. You place paper over the soft clay and press it down. Then paint another area with under glaze or slip and repeat with the paper. The time between layers can vary from a couple of hours to all day. Under glaze is better but more expensive than slip. The slip has a thickness to it and makes it harder to find the stencils to remove. We apply the slips for its cheaper cost but my wife uses mostly under glaze to avoid the sharp edges left by using slip. You can apply the layers in many ways, brushing, sponging, spraying. It is a very labour intensive process and we have perfected it, but cannot make it profitable. We use it as a hook in the showroom, it gets people in and looking around but most people buy a simpler glazed piece, even though I under price the painted pieces. I timed myself once and figured I can make 10 stoneware mugs in the time it takes to make one stencil painted piece. It is also crucial that all the clay, slips and glaze fit and shrink at the same rate. It took years for me to get this right and I went through all the crazing and shivering problems costing me lots of ruined pots. The classic was when an entire plate shivered the edge off all the way around the rim. Shivering is dangerous and why we need business and liability insurance as potters. My plan is to do this technique as workshops in my studio when the pandemic is over.
Do you find it difficult to have the cats in your studio? Does the cat hair not interfere with your pieces? Thanks :)
I have learned to live with them and avoid the cat hair. They also seem to avoid stepping on the pieces. One cat I had to take back to our house because she loved to sleep inside large bowls. I have had about a dozen over the years and it is best to have an older geriatric cat in the studio. Poubelle is 11 years old, Morandi just died and he was 15. Older cats run less and sleep more. Our house cats will sometimes move over into the studio as they get older, where they are with us all day, so they get lots more attention as they get older. I think Poubelle has only broken one piece in 2 years.
@@Vsmithpots ah makes sense! I didn’t quite know if she was poubelle or another kitty! Sorry to hear about Morandi, best wishes to you. I have two rag doll cats and their hair gets absolutely everywhere (this may be a long haired cat thing), so I’d be worried to have their hair embedded in my clay and on the glaze! Do you think it would become an issue? Thanks :)
@@leabrunet-wong8625 I think short hair cats are fine but some cats shed a lot.
Do you burnish the plates lightly after your down?
After the bisque firing I use 150grit sandpaper, if the edges are too sharp.
Hi could you please show us how to use the stencils
Coming this week.
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