Making Fingerprints On Ceramic Glazed Plates

Add glazing and fire the plate again.

Making fingerprints on ceramic glazed plates.

Make sure your ceramic paint is labeled food safe and toxic free if it will be used to serve food. Craft retailers often stock specialty ceramic paint that you can apply freehand with a brush or to kick it up a notch use stencils or stamps in your design. A step by step video on how to use the slab roller to make a plate with a unique foot. 1 white oven safe ceramic plate.

Place newspaper pattern on slab and cut out plate using a fettling knife a plastic picnic knife works well for elementary age artists. Buy food and dishwasher safe ceramic paint if the plates will be used for food. Once it dries you can bake it in the oven for 35 minutes at 300 f and it will come out. This paint can be applied on porcelain china glazed earthenware and more.

Roll slab to 3 8 to 1 2 thickness and large enough for at least one plate per slab. Pebeo porcelaine 150 paints. Move gradually with both glaze bottle and brush until the surface is fully glazed. When you use acrylic or ceramic paints you can easily create.

Food safe paints are often labeled as such and can be found at your local art supply store. If your plates will be displayed in a case or hung on a wall as decoration only you can use enamel acrylic paint. I found the pictured oven safe plate at target for 3 but you can likely find one at your local thrift store for less. Then fire the plate again to the temperature required by your glaze.

Once dry add colorful wings antennas to head and cute faces to the butterflies. Plates are meant to be eaten off of so make sure the paint you use to decorate your plate is safe. Use a food safe glaze to paint a design on the plate or cover the whole plate. Make slab and cut.

To make it easier to fire leave the bottom unglazed so it can rest on a shelf without getting stuck to it with the glaze. How to paint a faux fire glazed pottery look. Replicate the look of fire glazed pottery without having to put your piece in the kiln.