Paint Your Own Pottery Research Paper
How to Paint Your Own Pottery
Are you looking for a fun and creative pass time? Painting personalized ceramic artwork can become a family-friendly hobby. There are now over 1200 paint-your-own pottery studios spread out along the United States; there is bound to be one near you. The concept may seem overwhelming if you consider yourself not to be creative. Learn step-by-step how easy it can be to create a one of a kind hand painted pottery piece in a studio set up specifically for helping you learn to paint pottery.
Ceramic painting has become a huge industry in the last 10 years throughout the United States. Making pottery has been around for centuries where you start from scratch with clay and work your way up. In the modern industry of ceramics, they have cut out all the hard messy parts of the job so that they can get manufactured …show more content…
pieces shipped into studios that are ready to paint. Everything is already made and set up so that all you have to do is the fun part, design and paint.
To begin, you must select the item you wish to make your own uniquely painted art piece with. In most circumstances you will have many options. Keep in mind that when choosing your piece, whether it be a platter, bowl, mug, or figurine, that the ceramic, once properly finished, will be extremely durable and food safe. Ceramic painting is unique in that all items are not only a piece of art, but they also can be used in your day to day life.
Now that you have picked out the perfect ceramic piece, it is time to begin planning your design. When working with ceramics, you need to always think through how you want your end result to look before you begin painting. With the pottery making process, the clay pieces are put into a kiln. Kilns are most often described as an over-sized oven; these huge ovens heat up to over 1800 degrees Fahrenheit while firing your pottery. Since kilns get so hot, the only remains after they cook are the specialty ceramic paints, called glazes, and the pottery. Since the only thing that remains on your piece after firing is the paint, you can draw with any kind of writing product on your piece to plan your design, but it will fire off in the kiln and is never permanent. This will give you the option to have your design planned out on the piece and you can paint it in.
After you have a design in mind, you get to plan your color scheme. Painting in the colors will make your pottery your own. Unlike most normal paints you may have used, ceramic paints looks substantially different when you are painting it on, in contrast to how looks after it gets fired in the kiln. While painting it on, it will be very chalky and dull but your end result will be bright vivid colors that have become permanent and shiny. If you are looking to get a crisp professional look with your artwork, each coat of paint you use needs to be painted over at least three times. By making sure that you put three coats onto your background and designs, you will have an end result of smooth solid paint. If you choose to only lightly paint the colors, they will fire very streaky and you will see the underneath white pottery or your background color through your designs.
Since you have built up all the aspects of the art you are going to create, you need set up your work area. You will be provided a nice open table to work on; so you will need to set up so that all of your utensils are at arm’s reach and you can be as organized as possible. To paint, get a bucket of clean water to have to rinse your dirty brushes and to later clean up your area with, paper towels for easy clean up and drying brushes, and most importantly multiple paint brushes of different shapes and sizes. Getting many different types of brushes is extremely important so that you can get a feel for what is easiest for you to control.
At last, it is time to pour the color paints of your choice and begin painting.
You will notice that the paint dries very quickly; this makes painting your three coats go by very quickly. Keeping up with how many layers you have added is very important. While you want very good coverage, it is also possible to get too much paint. Keeping a tab on the coats you have put of each color may be helpful until you get accustomed to the process. There is no need to panic if you accidently get paint on your clothes; it is all washable and nontoxic.
Although you are almost finished with your masterpiece, look at your pottery to make sure there are no stray marks or places you have missed and correct them with paint. Once you feel that it is completely perfect, sign and date your work on the back with paint. “Signing your art is an integral part of the creative process. The instant you apply your name to a piece of your art, you declare that art officially finished and ready for public exposure. No matter what your signature looks like, what form it takes or where you put it, no work of your art is complete without one.”-Alan
Bamberger
Finally your work is done. The shop manager will now be responsible for taking care of your artwork. They will make sure it is thoroughly dry and then coat it completely with a clear glaze that will cover every spot to ensure a shiny finish and that is safe for use after the firing. This glaze must be bone dry and then your pottery will be put into the kiln for the final time. The kiln will take approximately take eight hours heating up to 1800 degrees, once it reaches it’s maximum heat it will remain there for a ten minute hold time. This high temperature is setting your paint permanently and will now start cooling down for 24 hours. The kiln cannot be opened until it has reached under 135 degrees. Once it has cooled enough to be opened, your piece is complete and you are free to come pick it up and enjoy.
After experiencing the detailed process and receiving your unique pottery artwork, you will forever find painting pottery a close hobby. You will be excited to plan your next project and the more you practice the better you skill will become.
Works Cited
Bamberger, Alan. Sign Your Art so People Can Read It…and Other Tips. : http://www.artbusiness.com/signart.html
Are you looking for a fun and creative pass time? Painting personalized ceramic artwork can become a family-friendly hobby. There are now over 1200 paint-your-own pottery studios spread out along the United States; there is bound to be one near you. The concept may seem overwhelming if you consider yourself not to be creative. Learn step-by-step how easy it can be to create a one of a kind hand painted pottery piece in a studio set up specifically for helping you learn to paint pottery.
Ceramic painting has become a huge industry in the last 10 years throughout the United States. Making pottery has been around for centuries where you start from scratch with clay and work your way up. In the modern industry of ceramics, they have cut out all the hard messy parts of the job so that they can get manufactured …show more content…
pieces shipped into studios that are ready to paint. Everything is already made and set up so that all you have to do is the fun part, design and paint.
To begin, you must select the item you wish to make your own uniquely painted art piece with. In most circumstances you will have many options. Keep in mind that when choosing your piece, whether it be a platter, bowl, mug, or figurine, that the ceramic, once properly finished, will be extremely durable and food safe. Ceramic painting is unique in that all items are not only a piece of art, but they also can be used in your day to day life.
Now that you have picked out the perfect ceramic piece, it is time to begin planning your design. When working with ceramics, you need to always think through how you want your end result to look before you begin painting. With the pottery making process, the clay pieces are put into a kiln. Kilns are most often described as an over-sized oven; these huge ovens heat up to over 1800 degrees Fahrenheit while firing your pottery. Since kilns get so hot, the only remains after they cook are the specialty ceramic paints, called glazes, and the pottery. Since the only thing that remains on your piece after firing is the paint, you can draw with any kind of writing product on your piece to plan your design, but it will fire off in the kiln and is never permanent. This will give you the option to have your design planned out on the piece and you can paint it in.
After you have a design in mind, you get to plan your color scheme. Painting in the colors will make your pottery your own. Unlike most normal paints you may have used, ceramic paints looks substantially different when you are painting it on, in contrast to how looks after it gets fired in the kiln. While painting it on, it will be very chalky and dull but your end result will be bright vivid colors that have become permanent and shiny. If you are looking to get a crisp professional look with your artwork, each coat of paint you use needs to be painted over at least three times. By making sure that you put three coats onto your background and designs, you will have an end result of smooth solid paint. If you choose to only lightly paint the colors, they will fire very streaky and you will see the underneath white pottery or your background color through your designs.
Since you have built up all the aspects of the art you are going to create, you need set up your work area. You will be provided a nice open table to work on; so you will need to set up so that all of your utensils are at arm’s reach and you can be as organized as possible. To paint, get a bucket of clean water to have to rinse your dirty brushes and to later clean up your area with, paper towels for easy clean up and drying brushes, and most importantly multiple paint brushes of different shapes and sizes. Getting many different types of brushes is extremely important so that you can get a feel for what is easiest for you to control.
At last, it is time to pour the color paints of your choice and begin painting.
You will notice that the paint dries very quickly; this makes painting your three coats go by very quickly. Keeping up with how many layers you have added is very important. While you want very good coverage, it is also possible to get too much paint. Keeping a tab on the coats you have put of each color may be helpful until you get accustomed to the process. There is no need to panic if you accidently get paint on your clothes; it is all washable and nontoxic.
Although you are almost finished with your masterpiece, look at your pottery to make sure there are no stray marks or places you have missed and correct them with paint. Once you feel that it is completely perfect, sign and date your work on the back with paint. “Signing your art is an integral part of the creative process. The instant you apply your name to a piece of your art, you declare that art officially finished and ready for public exposure. No matter what your signature looks like, what form it takes or where you put it, no work of your art is complete without one.”-Alan
Bamberger
Finally your work is done. The shop manager will now be responsible for taking care of your artwork. They will make sure it is thoroughly dry and then coat it completely with a clear glaze that will cover every spot to ensure a shiny finish and that is safe for use after the firing. This glaze must be bone dry and then your pottery will be put into the kiln for the final time. The kiln will take approximately take eight hours heating up to 1800 degrees, once it reaches it’s maximum heat it will remain there for a ten minute hold time. This high temperature is setting your paint permanently and will now start cooling down for 24 hours. The kiln cannot be opened until it has reached under 135 degrees. Once it has cooled enough to be opened, your piece is complete and you are free to come pick it up and enjoy.
After experiencing the detailed process and receiving your unique pottery artwork, you will forever find painting pottery a close hobby. You will be excited to plan your next project and the more you practice the better you skill will become.
Works Cited
Bamberger, Alan. Sign Your Art so People Can Read It…and Other Tips. : http://www.artbusiness.com/signart.html