Overglaze Decals and Luster

November 01, 2021

I was asked by a friend of mine to make some whiskey glasses for her 9th anniversary. I've recently learned that the gift for 9th anniversary is pottery, who knew (and how did I miss this for my 9th anniversary?!). I ended up glazing them the night after we took Boris to the vet. I remember very little of that night, but I really needed to do something to not be a puddle on the floor. So I glazed. In retrospect, making something with clay would have been less risky. Almost everything came out ok, but the anniversay present did not. I ended up with bleeding hearts. Since I was on a time crunch I didn't have time to remake from scratch. I was just going to send the two that worked, but then I had an idea - luster!

I've never done a luster firing before, but I had a pile of pottery that wasn't popping. I picked some out and tried my hand at luster and decals. Overall pleased with the results and I learned not to over apply white gold.

Bleeding hearts

With mother of pearl and white gold luster

With mother of pearl and white gold luster

With mother of pearl and white gold luster

Mother of Pearl

Sanbao decal

White Gold

White Gold and Sanbao decal

Sanbao decal

Mother of pearl

White Gold

Sanbao decal

Sanbao decal

Mother of Pearl

Sanbao decal

Sanbao decal and Mother of Pearl on the rose stamp

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