Using Stickers to Create Ceramic Designs

Put your stash of stickers to good use making patterns on ceramic surfaces.

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In New Ceramic Surface Design (Quarry Books, 2015), Molly Hatch helps you take your ceramic project to the next level with easy ideas for drawing, printing, painting, and stenciling on clay surfaces. Each project is outlined with step-by-step instructions, along with hand-drawn illustrations and inspirational photographs of Hatch’s finished pieces. A faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, and an internationally shown ceramics artist, Hatch introduces innovative techniques using a variety of materials.


Using Stickers to Create Ceramic Designs

I started using round pricing stickers in different sizes as resists on the surface of my bisqueware to make perfect polka dots. Since I am a production potter, this was both a time-saving effort and a straightforward way to get perfect dots on my pottery. Everyone enjoys a good polka dot! This process is fun to do with any stickers you find. With the recent scrapbook home die-cutting printer technology, you can even design and print your own stickers at home quite reasonably.

ceramic plate, paint brush, star stickers, sponge, glaze, and a bucket of water on a…

  • Published on Apr 18, 2016
Tagged with: ceramic, crafts, glaze, stickers
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