pottery

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10/28/2023 | What a Colorful World! Working with Colored Clays

Adding colored stains to a white claybody, such as porcelain or BMix5, can open a world of possibilities for making unique slab and wheel-thrown pieces. This workshop will provide an introduction to the use of colored clays, including how to mix stains with the clay to produce a colored claybody, how to combine and throw a combination of colored clays to make agateware (also known as Neriage or swirlware) which create a variety of marbled aesthetics, how to carve agateware to accentuate the marbled pattern, how to combine and form a combination of colored clays to make Nerikomi, which are slabs with unique patterns, and how to use colored clays for appliques and inlays.

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The Arts Center of the Capital Region. 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180. (518) 273-0552