Working in blue, yellow and black underglaze

Vase, after Barbara Dibble cup
Vase, after Barbara Dibble cup

The porcelain cup on the right was made by Barbara Dibble, a member of the Clay Center in St. Petersburg, FL. I purchased it from the Florida CraftArt Center (St. Pete) last year and was intrigued with the loose brush work, color pallete and connecting pencil lines. I tried to copy it, hoping to learn something new in the process. My stoneware vase on the left has a sprayed, Polseno matt glaze, cone 5, and the underglazes are Mayco Fundamentals (Kings Blue, UG001; Jet Black, UG050 and Bright Yellow, UG046). After experimenting with several type of black lines, I settled on using an Amaco underglaze pencil, jet black, No. 11420F. My next step is to try to integrate this knowledge into an original piece.

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