Help or advice with painting on china/ceramic

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:25 am

I do some work for different people from time to time which involves writing onto china plates. I simply use One Shot and all is fine except when I use BLACK. It seems to bleed out onto the plate and doesn't leave a clean edge. I'm almost positive that I haven't thinned it too much. Anybody have any answers or suggestions?

Thanx

Roderick Treece · Post by **Roderick Treece** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:03 pm

I loved your site!What a great medium to paint on Drum heads.As for the plates I can;t think of any reason the one shot black would do that.Maybe you've gotten oil on the plate from you hands?
I have painted alot of art on ceramic tiles with a tecnique called china fire.It's a great way to put art on ceramics.You use powdered pigments mixed into clove oil,paint on your colors and low fire in a kiln.The color is permanent.The clove oil smell great.
Roderick

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:06 am

Thanx Roderick - yes maybe it is oil from my hands because it seems worse in certain places. As for the other method it probably wouldn't be practical for what I do but again thanx for the suggestions. The compliments on the sites and work are also appreciated.