Love Begets Love Plate

Monday, February 7, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Designed by Suzie Shinseki
Certainly love is something that multiplies throughout our lives and this plate exemplifies that exact sentiment. You’ll love expressing your creativity with Duncan® Oh Four® Bisque and Duncan® Concepts® Underglazes on a plate your loved ones will treasure year after year.

Materials List

  • Duncan® Concepts® Underglazes for Bisque and Majolica

    CN 253 Dark Black
    CN 291 Light Purple
    CN 341 Light Pink
    CN 507 Neon Red
  • Dinnerware Bisque Designs

    23888 Asian Square Sushi Plate 8.5" x 8.5" x .75"
  • Signature Brushes

    SB 803 No. 4 Liner
    SB 806 No. 6 Round
    SB 807 No. 6 Fan Glaze
    SB 812 No. 10 Round
  • pure•brilliance® Clear Glaze

  • Miscellaneous

    •   Painter’s tape
    •   Ruler – 12”
    •   Pencil
    •   Foil or foam plate for palette
    •   Tracing paper
    •   Graphite paper
    •   Container for water
    •   Potter’s sponge

  • Patterns

    Instructions

    1. Wipe ware with damp sponge to remove bisque dust.
    2. Trace pattern onto tracing paper.
    3. Place plate on work surface with indentation running vertically on left side. From top of plate, use ruler to measure down and mark with pencil the following measurements: 2¾”, 4½”, 6” and 7¼”. Draw a horizontal line across plate at these measurements from indented strip to right edge.
    4. Place graphite paper on plate. Position tracing paper with traced pattern on top and pencil over letters and hearts to transfer to plate.
    5. Place strip of painter’s tape directly under the penciled line at the 2¾” mark and one down the inside right side of indentation.
    6. Pour puddle of Light Pink. Using No. 6 Round, paint three coats Light Pink into “LOVE” letters. Let dry after each coat.
    7. Place a strip of tape under the 4½” mark.
    8. Using No. 6 Round, paint “LOVE” with three coats of Light Grape. Let dry after each coat.
    9. Move strip of tape below the 6” line. Paint three coats Light Pink into the “LOVE” letters. Let dry after each coat.
    10. Place a strip of tape below the 7¼” mark and one over the 6” mark. Use No. 10 Round and paint three coats Light Grape in the open space. Let dry after each coat.
    11. Place tape above the 7¼” mark. Paint the bottom stripe with three coats Light Pink. Let dry between coats.
    12. Using graphite paper, transfer “Love” in script in the Light Purple space.
    13. Use Liner to paint three coats Black into script “Love”. Let dry after each coat.
    14. Transfer heart pattern onto bottom stripe and one in each “O”.
    15. Paint one good coat Neon Red inside hearts. Let dry.
    16. Paint three coats Neon Red in the areas around the “LOVE” letters in the vertical stripe on the far left side of the plate. Let dry after each coat.
    17. Paint three coats Black into the vertical “LOVE” letters and around the open spaces of the three other “LOVE” words. Let dry after each coat.
    18. Use Fan Glaze brush to paint three coats Black to back of plate. Let dry after each coat.
    19. Use Fan Glaze brush to apply one thin coat Pure Brilliance to front and back. Let dry.
    20. Stilt and fire to witness cone 06.

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