We use a not so common combination of techniques.

Relief porcelain

Diederik mixes flax fibers into porcelain clay and roll slabs of a few mm. thickness on a slab roller. These are cut and assembled into vessels using porcelain slip as ‘glue’.

On bone dry objects Wied paints a pattern with a mixture of shellac and alcohol. This dries quickly into a hard mask.

Diederik sponges away the bone dry clay from the areas that are left uncovered by the shellac. This leaves a relief pattern that is highlighted by the translucency of the thin porcelain after it is fired.

Copper red painting

Diederik has developed a copper oxide paste that Wied uses for painting patterns on unfired porcelain clay. Once covered by a transparent alkali glaze the pattern simultaneously reveals both green and red tones after firing. Thickness of both copper paste and glaze determine the shades of final color, thus revealing details of brush strokes and pressure.

Chloride colors

Inspired by work of Arne Åse in this field, we use iron/cobalt/chrome/gold chlorides instead of the more common oxides for coloring. Chlorides dissolved in water paint like watercolors, penetrating the clay and producing pastel tints, that are beautiful by themselves, unglazed.