Underglaze Carved Tumblers

Instructions

Roll your clay out in a slab that is about 7 inches wide and ¾” thick
Smooth your slab out with your rib
Cover your cup with paper to keep clay from sticking to it
Wrap your clay slab around the outside of the covered cup to create a cylinder
Cut the end of the slab so your clay overlaps only ¼”
Attach ends together by smoothing them together with your finger, and use your rib to smooth it further
Once cylinder is created remove the cup from your clay – you may need to twist to get it out
Using your left over slab pieces (you may need to roll out a new piece) cut the base for your tumbler by placing your cylinder on top and tracing a circle
Attach base by slipping and scoring pieces together
Allow to dry until leather hard
Apply 2 coats of Jet Black Underglaze (UG-50) to the bottom half of your mug
Once underglaze is dry, carve your desired texture design using a loop tool
Allow to dry fully
Bisque fire to Cone 04
Wipe your bisqueware with a damp sponge
Apply a heavy coat of UG-46 Bright Yellow, UG-206 Fire Engine Red and UG-1 Kings Blue to the textured parts of your pot- you are trying to get the color to sit down into the texture
Allow underglaze to dry almost all the way
Wipe access underglaze away with a wet sponge, leaving the colors only in the indentations
Allow to dry completely
Clear coat your tumbler by dipping it into clear glaze (S-2000)
Use stilts to glaze fire your piece to cone 06

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