Matte Black Gnome Plates

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 of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats. Allow glaze to dry completely.
  3. Pour around 2 TBS of NT-BR Clear One Brushing 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.
  4. Place the screens on the plate one at a time, shiny side down. 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.
  5. Using the Script Liner and Detail Liner with SC-6 Sunkissed, SC-11 Blue Yonder, SC-16 Cotton Tail, SC-20 Cashew Later, SC-23 Jack O’Lantern, SC-27 Sour Apple and SC-73 Candy Apple Red, apply 2 coats of glaze to the corresponding screened area. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
    • SC-6 Sunkissed = small tree, hair on girl
    • SC-11 Blue Yonder = shirts
    • SC-16 Cotton Tail = buttons on girl, beard on guy, dots on mushrooms
    • SC-20 Cashew Later = noses, base of mushroom
    • SC-23 Jack O’Lantern = tree trunks, mittens
    • SC-27 Sour Apple = large tree, shoes
    • SC-73 Candy Apple Red = hats, mushroom tops, berries on trees
  6. 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.
  7. Repeat step 5. You will be re-screening the same images in black.
  8. Using the Detail Liner with NT-BR Clear One Brushing, make a horizontal line below the scene and add random lines to look like grass.
  9. Using the Soft Fan with FN-304 Black Velvet, apply 4 coats to the back of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  10. Fire to cone 06.

Supplies

Form

  • MB-1115 Casualware Salad Plate

Colors

  • FN-304 Black Velvet (2oz)
  • NT-BR Clear One Brushing (1oz)
  • SC-6 Sunkissed (1/2oz)
  • SC-11 Blue Yonder (1/2oz)
  • SC-15 Tuxedo (1oz)
  • SC-16 Cotton Tail (1/2oz)
  • SC-20 Cashew Later (1/2oz)
  • SC-23 Jack O’Lantern (1/2oz)
  • SC-73 Candy Apple Red (1/2oz)

Decorating Accessories

  • AC-310 Silkscreen Medium
  • DSS-0159 Gnomeland (small male/female, trees, small mushroom)
  • RB-144 #4 Soft Fan
  • RB-106 #6 Script Liner
  • RB-110 10/0 Detail Liner

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Sponge
  • Water
  • Palette
  • Palette Knife

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