Decoration Techniques for Ceramics: Sgraffito and Underglaze
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Recreate your stories on ceramics using a range of engraving and painting techniques like sgraffito and underglaze
Beyond their beauty and practicality, ceramics are also a means for telling stories, like a malleable blank page where you can imprint your imagination. In this online course, ceramist and illustrator Clara Holt teaches you a range of decorative storytelling techniques on clay and guides you through the process of making your own custom ceramic tiles.
Learn how to work with raw and bisque-fired clay and compose illustrations using engraving, engobes, oxides, and underglaze. By the end, you’ll know a variety of creative ways to decorate ceramics and add your designs to any object, from cups and plates to tiles and vases.
Get to know Clara Holt as she tells you about her creative journey from drawing on paper to decorating ceramics with her illustrations. She also shares her biggest sources of inspiration and the artists that have influenced her style.
Immerse yourself in the world of ceramics by learning about types of clay, how to work with it at different stages, and the firing process. Then discover how to decorate it with colorful designs. Clara explains the sgraffito technique and how to apply engobe to raw clay before showing you how to illustrate on fired pieces using oxides and pigments, pencils, and underglazes.
Now it’s time to apply what you’ve learned to create your own decorative tiles. Start with sgraffito and inlay on raw white clay, and then try out sgraffito and engobe on raw red clay. Move on to fired tiles and explore painting with [b]blue oxides[b] and ready mixed underglazes in a variety of colors.
Finally, let your finished tiles dry before glazing and firing them at a ceramic studio. Clara wraps up the course by sharing some tips and tricks on how to protect them until they’ve been fired, as well as some creative ways to use your pieces.
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