T103 Terra Cotta    T114 Snowdrift        CC236 Black Color-Code      T136 Midnight

T111 White Frost   T108 Moon Rock    G300 Diamond Clear             Latex Mask

Clean greenware and fire to cone 018 to add strength to the pot and help protect this large piece from breakage. Center piece on banding wheel and mark the top band for the turquoise stones, then pencil in the 5" white area as shown in photo. Sketch in the scallops at bottom of the white area. A compass or plastic bowl can be used for this

Condition a brush in liquid soap and apply a good coat of Latex Mask to the design area, leaving the Terra Cotta area at the bottom of the piece bare. Use a large Sponge Brush to sponge on three coats Terra Cotta to the inside of pot and to outside bottom section. Peel masking before last coat of glaze is dry.

Brush on three coats of #136 Midnight Textural Glaze to top rim of pot down to the turquoise stone area. When pot is thoroughly dry, fire pot and the 8 turtle shells to Cone 05.

Apply 2 good coats of G300 Diamond Clear to the inside of pot.

Condition brush in liquid soap and apply 1 full coat of Latex Mask to the Terra Cotta at bottom of design and to the band at top of piece where you will apply the turquoise stones. Use Unique or Satellite Latex Mask only, as most other brands are not strong enough to peel off the Terra Cotta easily.

Sponge on three coats of #111 White Frost to the design area, including the points at bottom of this area that show to have designs painted on them in the photo, and all the way to the turquoise band at the top. Peel Latex as soon as the White Frost looses its shine.

Divide the piece in 4 sections of equal size, and sketch on the pattern. There will be 2 turtles in each of the 4 sections. Place the bisque turtle shell on the pot, draw around the shell so you will know where to fill in the head and feet. Sketch on the balance of the design.

Using a liner brush fill in all black areas (including head and feet) with Black Single-Stroke. Care must be exercised to insure complete coverage. The turtle eyes are drilled in with the scraffitto tool. Brown areas in photo are to be filled in with Terra Cotta right over the White Frost.

Glaze band at top of pot and all 8 turtle shells with 2 thin coats of #108 Moon Rock. Do not use white crystals found in the Moon Rock, just return them to the jar. Brush on 4 coats Snowdrift over the Moon Rock. Allow these glazes to dry between coats to avoid blistering and ect. As soon as the last coat of Snowdrift is applied and before the glaze is thoroughly dry, incise the grooves in the turquoise band at the top Work slowly, making several cuts with the scraffitto tool to reach the soft bisque below. It the glaze chips touch up with Snowdrift. Sketch the scale detail on turtle shell and incise each of these to the bisque below. The incising is much easier to do over slightly damp glaze so you may wish to apply the last coat of glaze to a shell, sketch design and immediately carve it, then proceed to the remaining shells.

Shake the Moon Rock and pour a small amount in the lid. Do not use the large white crystals in the Moon Rock. Thin glaze with ? water, and using a soft brush, flow on one coat of this thinned glaze over the incised Snowdrift. Glaze will flow into the incised lines. One Coat Only! Glaze coverage should be very thin, almost resembling dirty water.

Use Black Single-Stroke and small liner brush to make small thin squiggly lines over the Moon Rock to resemble the matrix lines found in genuine Turquoise. Fire the pot and turtle shells to cone 05.

The turtle shells are glued to the pot after firing, using a hot glue gun.

Walnut Antique
Turquoise, Twilight Pink and Cream in Decorator Stone Glaze
F603 Turquoise Stone Glaze
Cobalt black. Chocolate Brown, Rust, Purple, Foliage and Chartreuse Single-Stroke Colors
Tone-Ettes (translucent) Stains in the following colors:
Red, White, Blue-Green, Yellow, Black and Brown
Rawhide Boot Laces and Tiger Tail

You will notice that the rock and bead molds are designed a bit differently to save casting time and will insure uniform holes in the beads. To cast, plug the 2 small holes in bottom with soft clay, fill both pouring holes slowly. When desired thickness is reached, drain mold by pushing a heavy wire (I use a wire from a bead setter) thru the mold from top and allow to come out bottom of mold. Remove wire and blow in top hole. This will drain slip quickly. Repeat on other pouring hole.

Clean and fire to cone 018 to strengthen the greenware. ( Omit this step if you choose, as the Color-Code can be applied to greenware) Complete the Indian Face Cameo and the rocks first. We will use 5 colors of Color-Code. These are brilliant underglazes and when fired resemble a fired stain. Apply 3 coats of Pale Moon on the medallion and on 4 of the rocks. 3 coats on each of Blue-Green, Rose Mauve, Olive and Purple on the balance of the rocks. Fire all to cone 05.

Cover cameo and rocks with one coat of Walnut Brown Antique. Wipe off wipe using a damp sponge. Wipe back 'till the highlites are clean and the brown is left in the grooves Fire these pieces to cone 05.

Using Tone-Ette, the unfired translucent stain, tint the face using the photo as a guide. Spray lightly with Porcelain Matt Spray when color is finished. String all on Tiger Tail using wooden beads as fill in until you reach the length you desire.

You will need to complete 4 beads with the F603 Turquoise Stone glaze. These are to be strung with the arrowhead. Apply three coats #F603 to the arrowhead and the 4 beads. Stick the blunt end of a wooden florist pick in the bead and the sharpened end into styrofoam to hold each bead until it dries.

Using Cobalt Black single-stroke, paint in small squiggly lines over the unfired stone glaze to represent the matrix lines found in genuine Turquoise. Fire beads on a bead setter and stilt arrowhead. Fire to cone 06-05.

The medallion with the design and the beads are finished in Decorator Stone Texture Glaze.

Pour in long strips a small quantity of each of the following texture glazes onto foil. These strips should touch. DS652 Turquoise. DS653 Twilight Pink and D5666 Cream. Place a soft fired bead on piece of wire that is thin enough to allow the bead to revolve as it is pulled thru the glaze. Roll a bead, picking up some of the three colors on each bead, Stick wire in styrofoam to hold bead until it dries. One trip thru the glaze will be enough.

Using a clean piece of foil, puddle the same three colors in a circle. Hold the medallion by the pouring hole and rotate in the glaze, pick up, turn over and allow to dry undisturbed.

The marbleized colors on the medallion will suggest the design you will apply using the single-stroke colors and a square shader. On the piece pictured, I used purple for the distant hills, rust for the cliffs in foreground and mesa in background, foliage green for the large cactus, and chartreuse for yucca plants Using a liner and dark brown, add fine details.