Water etched ceramics

♡ Cait ♡ Pottery / Ceramics | Water etching ceramics is the process of painting a resist pattern (I do this simply with wax) onto a leather hard or bone dry piece of… | Instagram

I’ve been playing around a lot recently with surface textures and masking (are you bored yet?) with the aim of creating some unique work. I think this is my absolute favourite thing about clay. Everything you make starts out as a bag of mud, every artist can create something unique to themselves, and what you can produce from it is only limited by your imagination… my imagination has been working overtime recently and I’m loving all the different directions it’s leading me in. My second…

cleo on Instagram: "How to do water etching on ceramics! Tip: if you don’t have coloured wax you can use food colouring to give it a colour!! It just burns off in the kiln like normal 🙂 It’s a super easy way to add texture to your pottery: 1. Get a bone dry pot (greenware) 2. Use wax resist to make a pattern 3. Wait for the wax to dry 4. Use a damp sponge to wipe away the clay around the pattern 5. Bisque and glaze as usual! #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #waxresist #clay #greenware"

Narumi Ceramics on Instagram‎: "While I am waiting for my studio to undergo a bit of renovation in a few weeks time, I am working on this water etched vessel which was left unfinished before we moved. I cannot start a new Nerikomi project till all renovations are done. The green you can see has nothing to do with the result, it will burnt off. Still a long way to go and it will probably be the last piece with fish and anything to do with water I will be making for a long while. #porcelain…

I’ve been playing around a lot recently with surface textures and masking (are you bored yet?) with the aim of creating some unique work. I ...

Three Vases, 2010. Thrown and water-etched porcelain. Height 14cm

Kenny Sing | Removing clay using a stenciled water etching technique to create a super satisfying texture on this ceramic cup. | Instagram