Dry
Footing vs Stilting
Dry Footing simply
means that there is no glaze applied to the bottom of the piece
in order for it to be placed directly on the kiln shelf. I use
the dry foot method on most of my glazed pieces. I have found
that this helps to eliminate the possibility of any of the
pieces tilting or falling during the firing process. On the
items that are dry footed, I will seal the bottoms of the
pieces.
Items
that are stilted will have point marks on the bottom where the
stilt has prevented the glaze from forming. These points are
then filed down after firing.
Dry
Brushing Technique
This is what's called a gradual build-up of color. You have
to take most of the color out of the brush onto a paper towel so
the brush has just a tint of color in it.
When I'm using a lot of different colors I start out with the
darkest color first and finish with the lightest color on top.
I use this technique for almost all of my Native American and
wildlife pieces in order to give them more detail. This process
is time consuming, but well worth it.
