Stencil removing a plate 

Thanks Christine.

Hi Christine, I am glazing your planter this week if you still want it.

Finally a reason to get a cell phone. I have used my ipad. Thanks for watching.

Thanks, they are my way of giving back or passing on the craft.

Glad you liked it! no coffee is also a must.

Thank you! 😊

@Quentin Darian Thanks, I will consider in the fall, too much gardening and outdoor stuff now.

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.

Thanks, I have 8 cats so it seems auto biographical.

Thank you

Appreciate it!

Glad you enjoyed it

I use a clear cone 4 glaze based on Gerstley Borate.

The paper burns out in the firing leaving an air bubble under the thin clay layer, which crumbles leaving rough edges.

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. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FN197bJbZ9A.html

@@Vsmithpots Thank you. 🌞

yes. I did a video on using stencils.

After the bisque firing I use 150grit sandpaper, if the edges are too sharp.

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 :)

@@leabrunet-wong8625 I think short hair cats are fine but some cats shed a lot.

Coming this week.