Ceramic Stains For Bisque

This technique is known as majolica.

Ceramic stains for bisque.

Ceramic bisque needs to be glazed if it is going to go outside be dinner safe or contain liquid. You don t have to wait for a rainy day to capture the essence of a rainbow. All paints in this category will work on bisque and plastercraft. For a damp on damp fuzziness dampen the bisqueware before applying the stain.

You can add mason stains to dry glaze recipes to produce color in an opaque or transparent base glaze. Each color is available in a 2 oz squeeze bottle. Ceramic vases urns ceramic villages ceramic wall plaques ceramic wall wreaths duncan acrylic stains ceramic accessories opaque stains easter ceramics christmas ceramics halloween. Mason colors are powdered pigments made of a combination of oxides and frits that create beautiful uniform rich colors.

Stains and oxides can be very toxic so you must make sure not to have food or consumable liquids when you are working with them. Because ceramic stains consist of metallic oxides always consider safety a stain is a mix of metal and ceramic oxide that has been ground into a powder. The stain is mixed with underglaze medium and the colour then brushed onto the glazed but unfired pottery. The acrylic paints duncan 2oz stains paints are the regular acrylic colors and we have over 125 to choose from.

These pieces come unpainted and are in carefully cleaned and fired ceramic bisque for you to finish. We also carry the fired on gold shown on the rims of these steins. Bisque stain opaque stains water based acrylics for base coats dry brushing brushwork stenciling and sponging. Brush on sealers brush on sealers produce a smooth hard coating on your acrylic nonfired projects.

Mason stains mason stains are made by mason color works which is one of the oldest manufacturers of ceramic stains. Using ceramic stains in this way is very similar to working with brush and ink and watercolors. Acrylic opaque stains granite stone intense translucents kimple magic metallics non fire accessories softees pearls sparkles brush on glitter spray brush on sealers ultra metallics. Ceramic stains can also be brushed over an unfired glaze to impart a softness of colour decoration to your ware.

Try out using a very wet brush on dry bisque for a wet on dry effect. Stains don t suspend well in water to create a paintable material either so it is necessary to mix them with a compatible and paintable glaze medium for doing brushwork.