Banded Stoneware Bowl

Designer: Michael Harbridge

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Instructions

  1. Wipe down bisque bowl with a damp cleaning sponge and center the bowl on the banding wheel. 
  2. Use the fan brush to apply two coats of Black Engobe to the exterior of the bowl, including the bottom. Engobes won’t stick to most brands of kiln wash in firing when no more than two coats are applied to the area making contact with the shelf.  
  3. Thin each of the three Stroke & Coat colors with three parts color with one part water. Colors need to be thinned to achieve a nice blend of color when banding.  
  4. Begin by banding the bottom of the bowl with diluted Fruit of the Vine. While that color is still wet, band diluted Cara-bein Blue on the inside side of the bowl so it blends into Fruit of the Vine. While the Cara-bein Blue is wet, band diluted Teal Next Time along the top edge, blending the two colors together where they meet.  
  5.  Dilute Cobalt Black one part color to one part water. Load a dagger brush and band fine lines of color around the edge of the bowl. 
  6. Use the drybrush fan brush to speckle diluted Cobalt Black to the interior of the bowl.   
  7. Use the fan brush to apply two coats of Stoneware Clear to the inside for the bowl and fire to cone 6.  
  8. Load the tip of the DB805 Drybrush Fan with slightly thinned EZ012 and flick the bristle toward the surface of the bowl to add a speckle over the interior.  
  9. Apply two coats of SW001 Stoneware Clear to the inside of bowl. Be careful applying the first coat of glaze since the black EZ Stroke can smear when it gets wet with glaze. (Don’t overbrush.)  
  10. Fire to cone 6.  

Supplies

Form 

  • SB145 Medium Serving Bowl

Colors

  • SC012 Teal Next Time  
  • SC033 Fruit of the Vine 
  • SC076 Cara-bein Blue 
  • EZ012 Cobalt Black 
  • EG005 Black Engobe 
  • SW001 Stoneware Clear 

Decorating Accessories

  • RB140 #8 Soft Fan
  • DB805 #3 Drybrush Fan 
  • Dagger brush 

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Cleaning sponge 
  • Glazed tile for palette 
  • Banding wheel 

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