How To Fire Mocha Diffusion Ceramics

In this pottery video potter robin hopper shows how to use mocha diffusion and other slipware techniques.

How to fire mocha diffusion ceramics.

Cuerda seca mocha diffusion decoration techniques duration. A technique used by ceramic artists to decorate pottery. I ll show you how to create solid opaque images as w. Mocha diffusion is a technique of layering slips onto ware so that the edges of the upper one bleed outward into the lower.

Mocha diffusion is a pottery painting technique that involves a chemical reaction between an acid and a base liquid. An alkali acid mechanism is. Mocha diffusions traditionally were done on both red and white earthenware but they can be done on almost any clay body and fired at almost any temperature. Clays with a high degree of sand or grog in them sometimes are prone to cracking from the extra wetting of the slip.

Pottery with mocha diffusion decoration is also referred to as mochaware. This video shows you how to do a surface technique on clay called mocha diffusion. This video is a step by step guide to using underglazes to add an illustrative design to your ceramics. It sounds like a yummy coffee drink but mocha diffusion is a surface decoration developed and used in the southwest of england now made famous by kevin s viral videos.

In this pottery video potter robin hopper shows how to use mocha diffusion and other. Very cool way to add surface design to your ceramics please email any questions to sandra hensrud und edu. It happens when bleeding occurs at the edges of a thin colored acidic mixture painted over a still wet slip. Suitable clays and slips for mocha diffusion.