Ann, another great idea video, watching you do it, I could do it too, but it's the imagination block I have that then stops me moving forward, I love all your designs and patterns, shapes and lines, so please keep sharing your ideas and I may be brave enough to try some, thanks Ann as always 😊
Hey Denise. bless your heart. I now all about that. That happens to me too. Trying new things can help to get you out of the block for sure. Get over the fear and give one of these a go 🙂. ann
Thank you taking what seemed to be a box I've been stuck in, pushing down the sides, and turning it into a dance floor ❤ I'm so blessed everytime I watch your teaching videos... wish you were here on the west coast...🎉🎉🎉
Hey Joy! Aww....you just made my day!!! Thanks for letting me know!! Luckily our videos can be reached anywhere so we are always here if you need some inspiration or a creative boost. Ann
This is so pretty. Thank you for teaching the techniques you use. It is so helpful. Can you also show how you apply the clear glaze over your detailed painted projects? That would be so helpful too. Thank you!!
Hey CK. Actually I am not much of a fan of clear glaze. I dont use it much. How did did the first two projects (the cups) was to use my white liner glaze and the small brushes and just brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. I dont like how the clear glaze changes the look of a lot of the underglazes so I just dont use it over top. I have also fallen in love with that engraved look that it gives me and variety of textures. It take longer but that has become my style....That said, I make sure that all my imagery is painted on surfaces that wont have food or drink on them...always the outside of the piece away from the rim where you lips will touch. It just take a little planning and a little extra time and practice.
Oh how fun!! I just got some underglaze Friday!! Can’t wait to watch this, of course!! Well I can definitely do dots!! Haha. I love the blocks with the images sprinkled here and there. I’m going to order the brushes. I remember when I was only painting ceramics years ago and the teacher said something about the 80/20 and also something about 1/3rds? I think if I knew more of the basic “art” principles I’d do better. Placement is often a problem for me. Thank you as always ann. I have a pillow vase made that I think I’ll try the trees on. I love the way they wrap around the vase!!
Hey Michele. Always great to hear from you. I have been trying to slip in some of the basics into our videos lately as an introduction to creating successful designs. Im glad you noticed. Good luck with your pieces. Ann
Hey Dar. You know I am always experimenting and on the lookout for new ideas. I just have to get out to the studio and do the work, right. Sometimes they are winners and sometimes they are failures, but I never know until I try. Thanks as always for watching. Ann
A video with some great ideas. I'm in the middle of designing a quilt block the includes bees and will use you technique with folding the paper to get a symetrical bee.
Hi PaisanosRoosterFarm. What a great idea! Im glad you could find inspiration from some pottery techniques. I probably should look more at quilt videos for ideas I can use in pottery 🙂
Hey J. Are you asking if I am doing majolica? No. What you see in the video is painted on the bone dry greenware. To finsih it, I bisque fired it to cone 04. then I took my white liner glaze, glazed the inside of the pieces, then used small brushes to brush the white liner glaze around the imagery for the final look...of course different commercial glazes for the borders. On the tree piece I didnt glaze the body at all. I only glazed the inside and the borders. Does all of that make sense? Thanks as always for watching. Ann
Hi Anne, thank you so much for the fabulous videos you create. With underglaze painting, do we need to do more than one coat? I like to do watercolour painting and I'd like to use my experience to paint on my pottery, but I thought we have to put three coats of underglaze on when painting? Will using one coat not leave me with a fairly anaemic colour? Thanks Anne!
Hi Dizzy. The number of layers of underglaze depends on a couple of things.....1) what look are you going for. do you want a solid coated look or do you want a more watercolory look. Three to four layer of underglaze will give you a solid look. 2) how are you going to glaze. your piece after underglazing it? If you are planning on using a clear glaze, then you probably will need three solid coats. When you use glaze over underglazes, the glaze changes the look of the underglaze. Glaze over the top can make underglaze appear darker, more garish or even streaky (if you fail to use those three or four solid coats) and sometimes depending on the underglaze ...glaze can even make some underglazes disappear or fade. 3)how many coats also depends on which underglaze color you are using. I find that really strong underglazes like the blacks dont seem to need as many layers, but others will need even more. This is where trial and error come in and taking good notes about the characteristics of each color you are using....As far as my pottery techniques, I underglaze on bone dry greenware. I bisque it to cone 04. Then for the glazing, note that I only do my underglaze imagery on the outside of my pieces under the lip line and where no food will touch so I dont feel like I need to glaze over my underglazed imagery. So instead, I use small brushes and brush a stiff white liner glaze AROUND all my underglaze. That way, it doesnt matter how many layers of underglaze I use as there is no glaze at all over the top. How it looks when I first underglazed the piece is almost exactly how it will look (well, a little bit darker) when it comes out of the glaze fire. I hope that makes sense. Ann
Hi Ann, thank you for another great video! Do you do white underglaze first before you paint? If not, do you mind sharing what kind of clay you use? Just curious how do you make the background so white 😊
Hi ddmm. Thanks for the kind words and for watching.. I use Standard brand English Porcelain #365. I love that really white surface that it has as I do a lot of painting and the white makes a great canvas for what I do. I dont use white underglaze at all.
Hey Karen. No, the lines arent engraved. That particular look comes from how i glaze my pieces. I just brush my white liner glaze AROUND all my imagery instead of painting the glaze overtop. I like that illusion on my pieces
i'm not 100% sure but i think she just didn't put clear glaze over the painted areas? so it looks like they are indented but in reality the rest of the surface is slightly raised up with that layer of glaze.
@@emikomouse Hi Emi. You re right about the clear glaze. I am not a fan of it. I dont like to use it. Instead, I just use my white liner glaze and brush AROUND all the imagery. It takes a little longer, but I really like the texture and the look that it gives so I put the time into it. Thanks for watching the video! Ann
@@emikomouse Hey Emi. Thanks for replying to this for me. For some reason, maybe since I try to respond to many of the questions people ask, RUclips thinks that I am a bot or something so I can send messages for you to read, but they wont post my responses. You are right. I dont use clear, but use a stiff white liner glaze and glaze AROUND the imagery so it has that indented look where there is no glaze. Thanks again. Ann
Thank you again for great instructions! Are you doing this on leather hard pieces? If you are doing on bisqued pieces rather than leather hard I know why.
Hey CGC. No I am working on bone dry clay. I find that the clay is much more forgiving at this point. If you mess up with your painting, it is easier to just sponge away than at the bisque stage. Thanks for the kind words and for watching!! Ann
Hi Joanna. No. This is not the majolica technique. I paint my underglazes on bone dry greenware. I bisque fire that on the piece. Then I use white liner glaze to brush AROUND all the imagery. It takes longer but I love how it looks in the end. thanks so much for the kind words and for watching. Ann
@annruel1982 Thanks a lot for your reply. I noticed that the glaze is higher than the underglaze painting. I admire your amount of work that you put itp your pieces ❤️
Love these videos, but I have a quick question. I've read that pencils contain graphite, which might not burn off in the kiln. What do you recommend using to ensure any guidelines drawn burn off during firing?
Hey Laurie. I have a feeling you might be talking about some colored pencils. some of those contain metals for the coloring. The ones that contain the metals will stay on the pottery. Colored pencils that dont rely on metals for coloring will burn off. Regular graphite pencils will always burn out. I hope that helps. Ann
Hi CGMissy. No. I do all of my painting on bone dry clay as it is much easier to sponge off if I make a mistake than it is to sponge off of bisque clay when I make a mistake 🙂...and no it is not majolica (painting over the white glaze). I just underglaze over the raw clay. Thanks so much for watching!! Ann
I love watching your videos for inspiration and these are fabulous. Can I ask a question though? You're using a pencil to draw your outlines onto your bisque. I've had experience of using pencil and the pencil lines resisting the glaze. Do you need to make sure you cover your lines with the underglaze to make sure this doesn't happen or is it something you don't particularly find an issue? I always use a biro instead or a felt tip pen. Ta :)
Hi Lis. I have never had a problem with pencil lines resisting anything. If you pencil is simple graphite it shouldnt resist. Im not sure what kind of pencil you are using but I would try a different brand if you are having a problem like that. Also the technique I am using, I dont have to worry about that. I am doing all my drawing and painting on greenware. I then bisque fire it on to the surface. the bisque fire will fire away all the pencil marks. Then you can glaze your pieces and there should not be any problem. 🙂. Happy potting. Ann
@annruel1982 Thanks for the feedback. It's a while since I had the experience. It was directly onto bisque and I can't remember what I used🙄 but likely an HB. And others have drawn a sharp breath at the suggestion of using a pencil. I shall do some testing. I certainly think trying to use a biro or felt tip wouldn't go well on greenware! 🤣
@@lisriley271 Yo are welcome. I have not heard anyone in my experience gasp at using a regular pencil. Perhaps your Hb had a little wax in it or something. I dont know. But just use a regular pencil at the boneware greenware stage and you shouldnt have a problem. I dont know what a biro is and using a felt tip pen just seems like overkill that you cant clean up well if you make a mistake. Just use a regular writing pencil...not a colored pencil as sometimes the coloring in them may be made of metals that will fire right onto the piece. If you use a regular pencil and mess up on the bone dry clay, sponge it off. Dont fret. Happy potting. Ann
@@lisriley271 In addition, check out my work that I made. I dont see any pencil marks and didnt see any after bisque firing when I glazed it....maybe the people who were drawing sharp breaths were getting ready to sneeze? 🙂
Hi ECBurt. Actually I am not much of a fan of clear glaze. I dont use it much. How I did the first two projects (the cups) was to use my white liner glaze and the small brushes and just brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. I dont like how the clear glaze changes the look of a lot of the underglazes so I just dont use it over top. I have also fallen in love with that engraved look that it gives me and variety of textures. It take longer but that has become my style....That said, I make sure that all my imagery is painted on surfaces that wont have food or drink on them...always the outside of the piece away from the rim where you lips will touch. It just take a little planning and a little extra time and practice.
Hi TK. Actually, Im not a fan of wax. Im too messy with it. Instead, I just use small brushes and brush the white glaze around the imagery. It takes just about the same amount of time as doing it the other way but this way i dont have to worry about wax drips or splatters. Thanks for watching. Ann
Hi h. I am not sure why RUclips wont post my responses. It might be that I post under my own RUclips account as I dont have control over the Little Street Pottery account. JIm has that. As I have been answering a lot of the questions, I am assuming that RUclips thinks I am. troublemaker or a bot or something. Luckily the people who posted the original comment can see my answer, but they dont show up publicly. Weird.
@annruel1982 Thank you! Can you explain why the black lines look indented on the first cup after it is fired? Thank you for your videos. They are so helpful.
@@hmitchoff Hey Mitch. Thanks for watching out video. The reason the black lines look indented is because of the way i glaze the piee. First, I do all my underglaze work on greenware, then I bisque the piece. Then instead of just glazing the whole thing with clear glaze, I use my thick white liner glaze and small brushes and brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. There is no glaze on the black lines of. the underglaze imagery so there is that unevenness of glaze surfaces. I prefer that to a straight clear glazed surface with the variety of textures that it gives when you hold the cup plus clear glaze effects the color of the underglaze (makes it garrish and streaky sometimes) which I dont want, so this takes more time to do but i like the results better. I hope that explanation helps. Ann
As well as being a talented artist, you are an excellent teacher! Thanks so much for your information and inspiration
That is so sweet of you Pam. thanks so much for watching. Happy potting to you. Ann
Ann, another great idea video, watching you do it, I could do it too, but it's the imagination block I have that then stops me moving forward, I love all your designs and patterns, shapes and lines, so please keep sharing your ideas and I may be brave enough to try some, thanks Ann as always 😊
Hey Denise. bless your heart. I now all about that. That happens to me too. Trying new things can help to get you out of the block for sure. Get over the fear and give one of these a go 🙂. ann
Thank you taking what seemed to be a box I've been stuck in, pushing down the sides, and turning it into a dance floor ❤
I'm so blessed everytime I watch your teaching videos... wish you were here on the west coast...🎉🎉🎉
Hey Joy! Aww....you just made my day!!! Thanks for letting me know!! Luckily our videos can be reached anywhere so we are always here if you need some inspiration or a creative boost. Ann
This is so pretty. Thank you for teaching the techniques you use. It is so helpful. Can you also show how you apply the clear glaze over your detailed painted projects? That would be so helpful too. Thank you!!
Hey CK. Actually I am not much of a fan of clear glaze. I dont use it much. How did did the first two projects (the cups) was to use my white liner glaze and the small brushes and just brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. I dont like how the clear glaze changes the look of a lot of the underglazes so I just dont use it over top. I have also fallen in love with that engraved look that it gives me and variety of textures. It take longer but that has become my style....That said, I make sure that all my imagery is painted on surfaces that wont have food or drink on them...always the outside of the piece away from the rim where you lips will touch. It just take a little planning and a little extra time and practice.
Thank you so much for your video. It has been a real inspiration.
My pleasure! Im glad you liked it. Thank you for watching. Ann
Thanks Ann for another brilliant and thoughtful tutorial. ❤🎉😊
Glad it was helpful!
OOOH, you are always so precise and inspiring. Love to you and Jim.
Hey Hal!!! Aways great to hear from you. You know Jim and I appreciate you! Thanks for the kind words and for watching. Happy potting!! Ann
Little Street videos have to be the best thing on the intranet these days!
Hey Lin! that makes my day. thanks so much. You know we really appreciate you. Ann
I love all of your projects!
Hey Brown. Yeah! Thanks somuch. Im glad you like them. Give them a try yourself. Ann
So much talent! Thanks for sharing.
Aww, thanks so much for the kind words and for watching. Ann
THANK YOU for making this do-able!!! I am SO going to try it!!!!
Yeah!! Im so glad you enjoyed it Susan. Give it a go!!! Ann
Oh how fun!! I just got some underglaze Friday!! Can’t wait to watch this, of course!! Well I can definitely do dots!! Haha. I love the blocks with the images sprinkled here and there. I’m going to order the brushes. I remember when I was only painting ceramics years ago and the teacher said something about the 80/20 and also something about 1/3rds? I think if I knew more of the basic “art” principles I’d do better. Placement is often a problem for me. Thank you as always ann. I have a pillow vase made that I think I’ll try the trees on. I love the way they wrap around the vase!!
Hey Michele. Always great to hear from you. I have been trying to slip in some of the basics into our videos lately as an introduction to creating successful designs. Im glad you noticed. Good luck with your pieces. Ann
@ I sure did notice and so appreciate it.
I’d love to be able to do this one day. The nail brushes are genius!
Hi! Go fo it. Im sure you can do it. Thanks for watching! Ann
Great video! It also helps if you have great ideas like yours! Thanks for sharing!! 😊
Hey Dar. You know I am always experimenting and on the lookout for new ideas. I just have to get out to the studio and do the work, right. Sometimes they are winners and sometimes they are failures, but I never know until I try. Thanks as always for watching. Ann
A video with some great ideas. I'm in the middle of designing a quilt block the includes bees and will use you technique with folding the paper to get a symetrical bee.
Hi PaisanosRoosterFarm. What a great idea! Im glad you could find inspiration from some pottery techniques. I probably should look more at quilt videos for ideas I can use in pottery 🙂
Absolutely lovely! Have you already glazed the pieces with white glaze before you do the artwork? Love the details! Thanks so much.
Hey J. Are you asking if I am doing majolica? No. What you see in the video is painted on the bone dry greenware. To finsih it, I bisque fired it to cone 04. then I took my white liner glaze, glazed the inside of the pieces, then used small brushes to brush the white liner glaze around the imagery for the final look...of course different commercial glazes for the borders. On the tree piece I didnt glaze the body at all. I only glazed the inside and the borders. Does all of that make sense? Thanks as always for watching. Ann
@ thanks so much! This represents an enormous amount of work and detail. You are a wonder❣️
I am going to attempt this. Is it possible to send you a picture of my results? You are my inspiration. Do I send the picture to your website?
@@jsud5559 Awesome!! go for it. Yes, that would work. good luck!! Ann
Hi Anne, thank you so much for the fabulous videos you create. With underglaze painting, do we need to do more than one coat? I like to do watercolour painting and I'd like to use my experience to paint on my pottery, but I thought we have to put three coats of underglaze on when painting? Will using one coat not leave me with a fairly anaemic colour? Thanks Anne!
Hi Dizzy. The number of layers of underglaze depends on a couple of things.....1) what look are you going for. do you want a solid coated look or do you want a more watercolory look. Three to four layer of underglaze will give you a solid look. 2) how are you going to glaze. your piece after underglazing it? If you are planning on using a clear glaze, then you probably will need three solid coats. When you use glaze over underglazes, the glaze changes the look of the underglaze. Glaze over the top can make underglaze appear darker, more garish or even streaky (if you fail to use those three or four solid coats) and sometimes depending on the underglaze ...glaze can even make some underglazes disappear or fade. 3)how many coats also depends on which underglaze color you are using. I find that really strong underglazes like the blacks dont seem to need as many layers, but others will need even more. This is where trial and error come in and taking good notes about the characteristics of each color you are using....As far as my pottery techniques, I underglaze on bone dry greenware. I bisque it to cone 04. Then for the glazing, note that I only do my underglaze imagery on the outside of my pieces under the lip line and where no food will touch so I dont feel like I need to glaze over my underglazed imagery. So instead, I use small brushes and brush a stiff white liner glaze AROUND all my underglaze. That way, it doesnt matter how many layers of underglaze I use as there is no glaze at all over the top. How it looks when I first underglazed the piece is almost exactly how it will look (well, a little bit darker) when it comes out of the glaze fire. I hope that makes sense. Ann
Hi Ann, thank you for another great video! Do you do white underglaze first before you paint? If not, do you mind sharing what kind of clay you use? Just curious how do you make the background so white 😊
Hi ddmm. Thanks for the kind words and for watching.. I use Standard brand English Porcelain #365. I love that really white surface that it has as I do a lot of painting and the white makes a great canvas for what I do. I dont use white underglaze at all.
On the finished projects it looks like there is a sort of engraved look where the lines are. Is that my imagination or are the painted lines indented?
Hey Karen. No, the lines arent engraved. That particular look comes from how i glaze my pieces. I just brush my white liner glaze AROUND all my imagery instead of painting the glaze overtop. I like that illusion on my pieces
i'm not 100% sure but i think she just didn't put clear glaze over the painted areas? so it looks like they are indented but in reality the rest of the surface is slightly raised up with that layer of glaze.
@@emikomouse Hi Emi. You re right about the clear glaze. I am not a fan of it. I dont like to use it. Instead, I just use my white liner glaze and brush AROUND all the imagery. It takes a little longer, but I really like the texture and the look that it gives so I put the time into it. Thanks for watching the video! Ann
@@emikomouse Hey Emi. Thanks for replying to this for me. For some reason, maybe since I try to respond to many of the questions people ask, RUclips thinks that I am a bot or something so I can send messages for you to read, but they wont post my responses. You are right. I dont use clear, but use a stiff white liner glaze and glaze AROUND the imagery so it has that indented look where there is no glaze. Thanks again. Ann
Thank you again for great instructions! Are you doing this on leather hard pieces? If you are doing on bisqued pieces rather than leather hard I know why.
Hey CGC. No I am working on bone dry clay. I find that the clay is much more forgiving at this point. If you mess up with your painting, it is easier to just sponge away than at the bisque stage. Thanks for the kind words and for watching!! Ann
Was it painted with white glaze before using the undergazes? Your work is awesome!
Hi Joanna. No. This is not the majolica technique. I paint my underglazes on bone dry greenware. I bisque fire that on the piece. Then I use white liner glaze to brush AROUND all the imagery. It takes longer but I love how it looks in the end. thanks so much for the kind words and for watching. Ann
@annruel1982 Thanks a lot for your reply. I noticed that the glaze is higher than the underglaze painting. I admire your amount of work that you put itp your pieces ❤️
@@joannap2230 Thanks so much! you are very sweet. Ann
Love these videos, but I have a quick question. I've read that pencils contain graphite, which might not burn off in the kiln. What do you recommend using to ensure any guidelines drawn burn off during firing?
Pencil graphite always burns off for me. Should not be a problem. Thanks!
Hey Laurie. I have a feeling you might be talking about some colored pencils. some of those contain metals for the coloring. The ones that contain the metals will stay on the pottery. Colored pencils that dont rely on metals for coloring will burn off. Regular graphite pencils will always burn out. I hope that helps. Ann
Do you start on top of bisque or bisque with a white glaze over the entire surface?
Hi CGMissy. No. I do all of my painting on bone dry clay as it is much easier to sponge off if I make a mistake than it is to sponge off of bisque clay when I make a mistake 🙂...and no it is not majolica (painting over the white glaze). I just underglaze over the raw clay. Thanks so much for watching!! Ann
I love watching your videos for inspiration and these are fabulous. Can I ask a question though? You're using a pencil to draw your outlines onto your bisque. I've had experience of using pencil and the pencil lines resisting the glaze. Do you need to make sure you cover your lines with the underglaze to make sure this doesn't happen or is it something you don't particularly find an issue? I always use a biro instead or a felt tip pen. Ta :)
Hi Lis. I have never had a problem with pencil lines resisting anything. If you pencil is simple graphite it shouldnt resist. Im not sure what kind of pencil you are using but I would try a different brand if you are having a problem like that. Also the technique I am using, I dont have to worry about that. I am doing all my drawing and painting on greenware. I then bisque fire it on to the surface. the bisque fire will fire away all the pencil marks. Then you can glaze your pieces and there should not be any problem. 🙂. Happy potting. Ann
@annruel1982 Thanks for the feedback. It's a while since I had the experience. It was directly onto bisque and I can't remember what I used🙄 but likely an HB. And others have drawn a sharp breath at the suggestion of using a pencil. I shall do some testing. I certainly think trying to use a biro or felt tip wouldn't go well on greenware! 🤣
@@lisriley271 Yo are welcome. I have not heard anyone in my experience gasp at using a regular pencil. Perhaps your Hb had a little wax in it or something. I dont know. But just use a regular pencil at the boneware greenware stage and you shouldnt have a problem. I dont know what a biro is and using a felt tip pen just seems like overkill that you cant clean up well if you make a mistake. Just use a regular writing pencil...not a colored pencil as sometimes the coloring in them may be made of metals that will fire right onto the piece. If you use a regular pencil and mess up on the bone dry clay, sponge it off. Dont fret. Happy potting. Ann
@@lisriley271 In addition, check out my work that I made. I dont see any pencil marks and didnt see any after bisque firing when I glazed it....maybe the people who were drawing sharp breaths were getting ready to sneeze? 🙂
@annruel1982 🤣
Do you "clear glaze" fire separately?
Hi ECBurt. Actually I am not much of a fan of clear glaze. I dont use it much. How I did the first two projects (the cups) was to use my white liner glaze and the small brushes and just brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. I dont like how the clear glaze changes the look of a lot of the underglazes so I just dont use it over top. I have also fallen in love with that engraved look that it gives me and variety of textures. It take longer but that has become my style....That said, I make sure that all my imagery is painted on surfaces that wont have food or drink on them...always the outside of the piece away from the rim where you lips will touch. It just take a little planning and a little extra time and practice.
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Aww..thanks so much Christel Jean! I appreciate the hearts and appreciate you watching. Happy potting to you. Ann
It looks like you waxed over the underglazes and then dipped the piece into white. Is this right?
Hi TK. Actually, Im not a fan of wax. Im too messy with it. Instead, I just use small brushes and brush the white glaze around the imagery. It takes just about the same amount of time as doing it the other way but this way i dont have to worry about wax drips or splatters. Thanks for watching. Ann
How do you apply the overglaze? It looks like you don’t have any on the parts you have underglaze on.
correct - check out my underglaze painting 101 video for how i do it.
Thanks for sharing. Iam not able to see the replies to the doubts 😢
Am I the only one who can't see responses, except for the last couple that Ann replied to?
Hi h. I am not sure why RUclips wont post my responses. It might be that I post under my own RUclips account as I dont have control over the Little Street Pottery account. JIm has that. As I have been answering a lot of the questions, I am assuming that RUclips thinks I am. troublemaker or a bot or something. Luckily the people who posted the original comment can see my answer, but they dont show up publicly. Weird.
I would really like to know why the black lines look indented on the first cup.
@annruel1982 Thank you! Can you explain why the black lines look indented on the first cup after it is fired?
Thank you for your videos. They are so helpful.
@@hmitchoff Hey Mitch. Thanks for watching out video. The reason the black lines look indented is because of the way i glaze the piee. First, I do all my underglaze work on greenware, then I bisque the piece. Then instead of just glazing the whole thing with clear glaze, I use my thick white liner glaze and small brushes and brush the glaze AROUND all the imagery. There is no glaze on the black lines of. the underglaze imagery so there is that unevenness of glaze surfaces. I prefer that to a straight clear glazed surface with the variety of textures that it gives when you hold the cup plus clear glaze effects the color of the underglaze (makes it garrish and streaky sometimes) which I dont want, so this takes more time to do but i like the results better. I hope that explanation helps. Ann
No! I can't see Anne's response to me. I was just trying on my phone.