Texture Tile Press Plates
111 Barded WirePress plates are very simple. You roll out a clay slab, cut it into your desired shape and then using your fired stamps you place your slab onto a large sponge and press! The pressing curls up the edges and leaves your stamp in place. Here is the under glazed result of my first plate using the 111 stamp and the barbed wire texture tile. I really like the way the black played off of the natural color of the clay.
And here is the final glazed & fired look of my first press plate. This is one of the first pieces that I actually liked the way the glaze looks after rather than before the final fire.
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THE DEATH CARD.For my second plate I wanted to be more of a dish. So after pressing my skull stamp in i took advantage of the curled edges and built them up as a lip/lining. The inspiration for this plate was the Death tarot card. Therefore I added in the xiii which is that card number in the deck. I felt like it needed more and then I added on the bones WHICH I LOVE! Its the perfect amount of added design and is a great border.
Once again, the final glazed & fired look! Unfortunately, since we began to run out of the white underglaze I wasn't able to do multiple layers. As you can see the white detailing got a tad lost during the final fire.
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Texture Tile Press Plates: Part 2!!! The Final
THE COFFIN.After the Death card plate I fell in love with the skull stamp even more. What better to go with a skull then a.... coffin! Similar to the first skull plate I made my slab and cut it into the coffin shape. I then pressed my stamp and built up the edges. Loving it so far and I couldn't wait to glaze it!
On theme, I underglazed it black with white accents!
Once again, the final results. Clear glazed and fired. Similar to the other bones plate, the white wasn't thick enough.
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Sunset SurpriseLastly, we needed alittle sun to brighten up the mood. So I used my sun/landscape tile. Similar to the barbed wire plate, I just allowed the tile to curl the edges naturally.
Somehow I missed taking an image of the colors I did for the sun press plate. But I did get a photo of it going in for its final fire.
I wanted to experiment with color blocking this time around as well as use a new range of colors for the underglaze.
So bright & so lovely, the final look.
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