MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Diablo Bottle & 6 ft Concrete Moai - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11080	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Jan 5, 2025 2:53 PM Oh! Oh! Oh! I'm excited about a new technique!!! I've always been jealous of danlovestikis and her raised letters on ceramics. But it's so much more work than just carving them in. So I came up with a new technique to try and it worked! I used the computer to make my lettering in the font I wanted. Then I reversed it and printed it the size I wanted. Then put a piece of package tape over the lettering, sticky side up. Rolled out little clay snakes and stuck them to the tape in the shape of the letters I brushed clay slip on the surface where the letters were to go. I was able to lift the tape with the clay letters and transfer it to the bottle surface. As the letters dry, I can carve and refine them as I go.

Oh! Oh! Oh! I'm excited about a new technique!!! I've always been jealous of danlovestikis and her raised letters on ceramics. But it's so much more work than just carving them in. So I came up with a new technique to try and it worked!
I used the computer to make my lettering in the font I wanted. Then I reversed it and printed it the size I wanted. Then put a piece of package tape over the lettering, sticky side up.
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Rolled out little clay snakes and stuck them to the tape in the shape of the letters
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I brushed clay slip on the surface where the letters were to go. I was able to lift the tape with the clay letters and transfer it to the bottle surface. As the letters dry, I can carve and refine them as I go.
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Post #814636 by MadDogMike on Sun, Jan 5, 2025 2:53 PM