Some cheerful cups

You know I'm on this kick of making cheerful colors on pottery, with flowers that are huge, and some insects that are less than anatomically correct. So now there are these cups!

They might be good for juice, or whiskey, or wine, or milk, or tea, or whatever...

Once again, the color is only where the little pollinator might be, with the rest of the cup decorated in monochrome.

Today's Quote:

“I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.” Stephen Hawking

 

Painting the flowers

I have a line of vases with simple looking flowers on them.
But they aren't so simple to make.

I start with a thrown form, with indented sides, then add a little bead, which will become the flower's heart.

After the vase is bisque fired, I start by outlining the flower petals and the leaves and stems with designer liner by Mayco.

Then the tedious glaze painting comes.  At this time I put two coats of Mayco Stroke n Coat on each petal. 

Designer Liner is the way I outline leaves and petals.

As soon as the painted glaze is dry, I go over all those areas with liquid wax (which makes the colors pop out though not the designer liner details.)  Then I dip the whole piece into a glaze in our studio.

Once fired, the liner shows up again.

A three sided blue with black-eyed susans.  I've made 3 of these small vases in this color scheme.