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| a mask in progress, with a transfer, on the left, of Bruce, and, on the right, of a student jumping rope |
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| linseed oil and mason stain (peacock) |
It's February, already; where is the winter going? I'm working with xeroxed images of some of my photographs, and glazed mask shapes, trying to put them together. Online, I've seen a process which uses linseed oil mixed with a colorant/mason stain as the 'ink'---it's a planographic printing process, (as is lithography) using gum and water to cover and protect the areas of the xerox which do not have any ink. But the demonstration, online, is showing the printing taking place on leatherhard clay, not on an unfired glazed surface (here's the link:
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/ceramic-supplies/ceramic-colorants-ceramic-supplies-2/photo-lithography-on-clay-a-surprisingly-simple-way-to-print-images-on-clay/) The mask is not yet fired, not even yet finished. The tiles to the right are tests, and fired. More on this as I continue with the testing---
