Nancy Hardison on Instagram: "I love Ombré 💝. It’s when one color blends seamlessly into another until you have a gradient. I tried to blend the glaze after applying it to the bisque ware but failed because the clay drinks it up too fast. I stumbled upon this technique and it works perfectly. Tips: -Apply 1 coat of your glazes normally. -Use a fan brush. -Dip each side of the brush in an adjacent color. -Apply the glazes roughly which blends the 2 colors. -Most brush on glazes suggest…

Using an airbrush to apply underglaze (or glaze) is a great way to add color and patterns to your pottery. It also is one of the easiest ways to create gradient color or the ombre effect. This technique can be used for glaze as well, but I find it better suited to underglazes. Tools & Materials Bisque Pot Underglaze or Glaze Paasche Airbrush with H5 Nozzle Installed 1/4" Male Connector 4oz Air Brush Bottles 1 Gallon Air Compressor (or any you have) Spray Booth Banding Wheel Half Mask…

Kenny Sing | Getting this ceramic gradient glaze application to be glossy and raised has been a lot of trial, error, and practice. It’s easy to mess up... | Instagram

Kenny Sing on Instagram: "Ceramic valentine’s mugs are getting a little twist this year with gradient colors! Here is how I design the pattern on the computer, apply stencils to porcelain pottery, and glaze these juicy XOXO pattern heart mugs."

Kirsty Kash on Instagram: "Smooth gradients can be tricky to achieve with underglazes because they don’t look the same after firing as they do straight out of the jar!! Here are a few things I’ve figured out over the years: 1. Avoid applying layers of colour in straight lines. When the bands of colour flow up and down organically with your design the gradient will appear smoother. 2. I rarely use a pure colour straight out of the jar. Introduce a little bit of the next colour from the…

We've seen designers do a lot of crazy things with ceramic in our career, but Philipp Schenk-Mischke's incredibly bizarre process might be our favorite yet — he uses a body vibration plate, co-opted from the fitness industry, to gently jiggle his way to a unique, slumped ceramic form.

Kenny Sing on Instagram: "I’m curious, are you captured by process reels that don’t start off by showing you the final result? In this video I make a stripped gradient porcelain cup with a raised glossy texture. #pottery #clay #ceramics #stencil #gradient #process #design"