musickstudioTrish, Thank you! It's all sifted except the petroglyph boulder surface. The gold color is the base tones on copper; forms (light & shadow, etc.) were painted on with screen oil and the colors sifted on, the whole dried on a hotplate, edges... moreTrish, Thank you! It's all sifted except the petroglyph boulder surface. The gold color is the base tones on copper; forms (light & shadow, etc.) were painted on with screen oil and the colors sifted on, the whole dried on a hotplate, edges trimmed/cleaned up, then fired--multiple layers. Fine black lines are ceramic-marker fineline pen. For the petroglyph surface, I mixed up a rice-starch (cornstarch can be used as well) glue solution (1 t cornstarch or rice starch to about 2 1/2 or 3 t water, cooked until sticky in the top of a double boiler, cooled, strained). I had already done color tests/trials to get the mix of opaques I wanted. I mixed just enough water into the dry color mix to moisten, added some of the glue mix, a touch more water (can't describe this, you just get a feel for it) to a good consistency for pouring. I poured it over the rock area, dried on hotplate, trimed edges, and sgraffitoed the designs through. (The starch glue holds a very fine edge and can be traced onto with carbon paper, though in this case I freehanded it), and underfired it so the surface of the boulder would remain a bit rough and the designs have a little actual depth. (My sgraffito tools are sharpened sticks and dental tools). Many thanks for your interest!
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Fantastic. Wonderful work. I appreciate the detail and the texture due to the "sugared process"
Henry
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