Matte Black Bug Plate

Designer: Elizabeth Carey

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Instructions

  1. Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
  2. Using the Soft Fan with FN-304 Black Velvet, apply 4 coats to the front and back of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  3. On the DSS-0158 Buggin’ Out screen, locate the bee, snail, dragonfly, ladybug, caterpillar, stinkbug and trees. Draw an outline around them in permanent marker. Cut them out with excess screen around the edges.
  4. Pour around 2 TBS of either S-2101 Crystal Clear Brushing or NT-BR Clear One Brushing onto the palette. Add a few drops of food coloring. Add a pinch of AC-310 Silkscreen Medium. Mix with a palette knife until it becomes the consistency of peanut butter. You may need to add more silkscreen medium or glaze.
  5. Place the screens on the plate one at a time. While holding the screen firmly in place, take a small amount of premixed silkscreen medium, and gently rub in circles starting in the center and working outward.
  6. Using the Script Liner and Detail Liner with SC-6 Sunkissed, SC-13 Grapel, SC-16 Cotton Tail, SC-23 Jack O’Lantern, SC-26 Green Thumb, SC-73 Candy Apple Red, SC-74 Hot Tamale and SC-98 Slime Time, apply 2 coats of glaze to the corresponding screened area. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  7. Squeeze around 2 TBS of SC-15 onto the palette. Add a pinch of AC-310 Silkscreen Medium. Mix with a palette knife until it becomes the consistency of peanut butter. You may need to add more silkscreen medium or glaze.
  8. Repeat step 5. You will be re-screening the same images in black.
  9. Using SG-403 Red, SG-407 Yellow or SG-408 Orange, go over the legs and antenna on the bugs.
  10. Fire to cone 06.

 

Supplies

Form

  • MB-102 Coupe Dinner Plate

Colors

  • FN-304 Black Velvet
  • SC-6 Sunkissed
  • SC-11 Blue Yonder
  • SC-13 Grapel
  • SC-15 Tuxedo
  • SC-16 Cotton Tail
  • SC-23 Jack O’Lantern
  • SC-26 Green Thumb
  • SC-73 Candy Apple Red
  • SC-74 Hot Tamale
  • SC-98 Slime Time
  • SG-403 Red Designer Liner
  • SG-407 Yellow Designer Liner
  • SG-408 Orange Designer Liner
  • S-2101 Crystal Clear Brushing or NT-BR Clear One Brushing

Decorating Accessories

  • AC-310 Silkscreen Medium
  • DSS-0158 Buggin’ Out
  • RB-144 #4 Soft Fan
  • RB-106 #6 Script Liner
  • RB-110 10/0 Detail Liner

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Sponge, Water, Scissors
  • Palette, Palette knife
  • Permanent marker, Pencil
  • Food Coloring (blue or green)

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