Ceramic Iron Oxide Wash

Red iron oxide can be layered fired watered down and used in many ways to add a finish to a piece of bisque pottery.

Ceramic iron oxide wash.

A demonstration of how to use an oxide wash on pottery. Use other masking techniques such as torn wet newspaper and paint an oxide wash over it. Brush on bisc ware let dry then sponge off. When using raw oxides like this bear in mind that they will settle.

This can work to your advantage making it easier to keep from loading too much colorant into your brush. Also makes an excellent trivet for your easter dinner. When dry scratch with a sharp tool through the oxide to show the clay underneath. Or do the same thing with oxide over unfired glaze.

Cover with transparent or translucent glaze. It discusses the importance of wiping back how to avoid uneven coverage and many other useful hints. An exciting and versatile surface treatment for any clay body. 1 coloring oxides suspended in water a k a.

Prepared coloring oxides that are fritted reground and colored with organic dyes to simulate fired color. While a wash or flux wash adds a sheen and sometimes texture to the terra sigillata surface a patina enhances the terra sigillata surface because it s a thin colorant rich wash layer that settles into the subtle markings on a surface. May also contain frit and or kaolin usually epk. Bisqueware absorbs the color easily so the two materials work well together.

Pick up some new ideas for how to decorate bisque pottery with red iron oxide by watching this video ceramic design tutorial. This item is ready to ship. If you would like to use this tile as a wall hanging please contact me so i can attach a hangar. Washes and patinas offer ceramic fired surface options that provide variations in texture and colors when applied over a terra sigillata.

There is a small amount of red iron oxide fe 3 o 2 with distilled water in a small plastic cup to create a stain. This is just a copper carbonate wash. May be used as a wall hanging coaster or garden art. 8x8 inch carved ceramic tile of rabbits lounging in a rose garden in a dark red iron oxide wash.

If you find too much sponges off then the wash can be made to stick a bit with a bit of added gum wood glue wall paper paste ext. 2 commercial ceramic colored powders that are used in glazes clay bodies and slips engobes. Shipped dry in a quart jar just add water and shake. Iron oxide wash quart dry.

Spatter wax on the surface and paint the oxide wash over that. Apply to bisque with a brush or sponge and then wiped off to achieve different results.