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Clay Pots
SARAH robphil@sierra.net
Well, I painted the pot first....then stamped with an outliner (no smear) and the black ink faded from black to light blue looking...then I tried to emboss and let me tell you those pots get hot and take a long time to cool down...so maybe the embossing is not a great idea....I don't know what ink I should use or maybe just use large solid images with paint only......Julie
Well, I painted the pot first....then stamped with an outliner (no smear) and the black ink faded from black to light blue looking...then I tried to emboss and let me tell you those pots get hot and take a long time to cool down...so maybe the embossing is not a great idea....I don't know what ink I should use or maybe just use large solid images with paint only......Julie
Christine L. Cox christine@coxes.com
I was just talking to a woman who does this yesterday! Weird, man. Any way, she uses paints, something that starts with a D. It's like an interior design, wall stenciling type paint. The one thing she did stress was that you should wash the pot first. Then she paints them all over, lets it dry and then stamps.
I was just talking to a woman who does this yesterday! Weird, man. Any way, she uses paints, something that starts with a D. It's like an interior design, wall stenciling type paint. The one thing she did stress was that you should wash the pot first. Then she paints them all over, lets it dry and then stamps.
Diane Hare hibrida@goldrush.com
Why was the outliner being embossed? My outliners don't emboss readily under the best of conditions. If I want to emboss for embossing's sake, I use a pigment pad. I don't need to emboss to seal my non-smearing permanent outliners. So she (he, whichever) paints the pot first. (Presumedly with acrylic) Fine. Then stamp the pot with arcylic and let it dry. There shouldn't be a problem with smeering. The next layer of color goes on after the outline has dried. The above isn't just clay pot info ... it's generic stamping-on-a-porous-surface info. The change-of-color she reported isn't unusual with a dye-type ink. If you've ever tried to use a fiber-tipped pen to make a correction over "Correct-Type", you've seen the same color fade in rapid action.
Why was the outliner being embossed? My outliners don't emboss readily under the best of conditions. If I want to emboss for embossing's sake, I use a pigment pad. I don't need to emboss to seal my non-smearing permanent outliners. So she (he, whichever) paints the pot first. (Presumedly with acrylic) Fine. Then stamp the pot with arcylic and let it dry. There shouldn't be a problem with smeering. The next layer of color goes on after the outline has dried. The above isn't just clay pot info ... it's generic stamping-on-a-porous-surface info. The change-of-color she reported isn't unusual with a dye-type ink. If you've ever tried to use a fiber-tipped pen to make a correction over "Correct-Type", you've seen the same color fade in rapid action.
Rubberdz Rubberdz@aol.com
I have had great success stamping on clay pots!! I paint them first also - using an acrylic paint. When it's completely dry, I use the Colorbox Pigment Inkpads to do my stamping... sometimes I use more acrylic paints to color in my stamped designs. I seal the entire pot with a spray coat of polyurithane or other glossy or semi-glossy sealer... I have pots that have been sitting out for a few years now and they still look great! The plants inside don't look to bad either! I have done a little embossing... but the clay does get hot and I much prefer stamping, painting and sealing....Wenonah
I have had great success stamping on clay pots!! I paint them first also - using an acrylic paint. When it's completely dry, I use the Colorbox Pigment Inkpads to do my stamping... sometimes I use more acrylic paints to color in my stamped designs. I seal the entire pot with a spray coat of polyurithane or other glossy or semi-glossy sealer... I have pots that have been sitting out for a few years now and they still look great! The plants inside don't look to bad either! I have done a little embossing... but the clay does get hot and I much prefer stamping, painting and sealing....Wenonah
stampurr stampurr@CARI.NET
I just made sure they were clean (scrubbed them and then let them dry completely). Then I stamped them using colorbox pigment ink and clear or sometimes black embossing powder. Me careful when you melt your powder-that clay gets HOT! If you don't like the image you stamp, smeared/crooked/incomplete/whatever, just wipe it clean and do it again. Because of the shape of the pots the most common thing is to have you image heading downhill. Also, as you may know from stamping on other curved surfaces, sometimes it works better to roll the pot over the inked up stamp. Then I used acrylic paints to color them-this is where all my time went. Touched up with a black permanent marker. When it was dry I sprayed it with a glossy finish/sealer. For a sealant, the very best thing to use (if you can get it) is Clear Gloss Glaze for Tile, Glass & Ceramics by Delta CeramDecor. Brush on a thin coat. Let it dry and then brush on another thin coat. And because I wasn't sure what was going inside, I did paint the inside with a sealer. I got my sealer (for the inside) from Home Depot, but I notice that Michaels now carries one. They turned out really cute. I did one for a friend who has a lot of cow stuff in her kitchen and put cowprint napkins in it (stamped napkin rings for them with cows too) That was one of my favorites.
I just made sure they were clean (scrubbed them and then let them dry completely). Then I stamped them using colorbox pigment ink and clear or sometimes black embossing powder. Me careful when you melt your powder-that clay gets HOT! If you don't like the image you stamp, smeared/crooked/incomplete/whatever, just wipe it clean and do it again. Because of the shape of the pots the most common thing is to have you image heading downhill. Also, as you may know from stamping on other curved surfaces, sometimes it works better to roll the pot over the inked up stamp. Then I used acrylic paints to color them-this is where all my time went. Touched up with a black permanent marker. When it was dry I sprayed it with a glossy finish/sealer. For a sealant, the very best thing to use (if you can get it) is Clear Gloss Glaze for Tile, Glass & Ceramics by Delta CeramDecor. Brush on a thin coat. Let it dry and then brush on another thin coat. And because I wasn't sure what was going inside, I did paint the inside with a sealer. I got my sealer (for the inside) from Home Depot, but I notice that Michaels now carries one. They turned out really cute. I did one for a friend who has a lot of cow stuff in her kitchen and put cowprint napkins in it (stamped napkin rings for them with cows too) That was one of my favorites.