Technique
Step 1 - Carefully clean the heavily cast greenware.Step 2 - Use a soft lead pencil to sketch on the design, or trace it on with clay-tracing paper.
While not applicable to this technique, a point to remember when sketching on a design to be covered with liquid latex is this: When the latex is removed from the piece, it will "lift" off any pencil or carbon markings. This, of course, does not matter when only outlines are involved, but is important if any design details exist within any of the design elements, such as flower stamens, leaf veins, etc. If it is necessary to maintain these or any other lines to be covered by the latex, trace over them with a fine brush and india ink, laundry bluing or food coloring, before applying the latex; the latex, when removed, will lift even some of these lines, but more than enough will remain to be easily seen.
Step 3 - Dip a small, round, sable brush into some dishwashing detergent, then press out the excess with your fingers. The detergent remaining on the hairs of the brush will make it possible to thoroughly clean the brush later on, removing all traces of the latex which is to be applied in this step.
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January 7, 2009