How to get an eroded clay surface using couscous and other foodstuffs

[@pennyfitzgerald9883]

I wanted a specific texture recently and found a jar of expired onion flakes 🤣. It was perfect!

[@robertbush1595]

I really enjoy your videos. As a sort of newbie only five years in I’m always searching for more. More ideas, more technique, more innovations. You bring all of that to these videos in a easily understood no pressure way that is easy to digest. Thank you.

[@desertpotter1003]

Thanks, I liked seeing the whole process in one video.

[@marinarenotti6525]

What a kind and creative woman you are

[@jackiegrant410]

I think you’re fab, love listening to you and learning. The embedding of the organic foodstuff it right up my street, love experimenting with materials. I’m 61, just started a ceramics class, although it’s not the first time I’ve used clay, I did learn some basics on throwing and coiling many years ago. Now, I want to learn and as you say, it can be a mindfield, so, I need to learn first how to be patient. Thanks for your time and lessons, great to watch. ❤️

[@deanatankersley6851]

I've been experimenting with pressing some leaves in terracotta lately..having fun.😊 Gonna try some of your suggestions.😉👌

[@witchapparatus]

The cous cous looks amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@kaycarney3790]

Thanks Jane - loved that video. Well I love all of them really. Thanks for your generosity, Kay Tasmania, Australia.

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Glad you are enjoying the vids x

[@deanatankersley6851]

I really love hearing you talk about the clay..hope that doesn't sound strange, as you would probably laugh at my deep Southern talk.😉😄 But, again such interesting and inspiring techniques! Love learning from your experiences. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Very happy that you are enjoying them - I LOVE a good American accent btw… 🥰

[@deanatankersley6851]

😊😉😄👌off to play in da mud as we put it.😉

[@carlasmith2105]

Fantastic! I can't wait to see the results!!

[@julzb9187]

I’m a microbiologist and the end results look a lot like bacteria growing on a Petri dish! Would be lots of fun to recreate different bacteria’s using clay! Would there be any way of having them raised instead of indented? Some bacteria likes to puff up I think I have a new project idea! Thank you! Loved seeing the finished product in the video as well 😊

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Yes sure - great idea - just fire the tiles as normal and then press soft slabs of clay onto the indentations left in the bisque fired tiles - I have done another video explaining how to do relief stuff in clay - its the same process... good luck! 👍🏼

[@chopsonyou2007]

@@JaneScottCeramics it takes a potter to teach a microbiologist how to do the complicated stuff... reverse transcriptase cast-isis

[@mikeu5380]

Dried coffee grounds work well, too. For better or worse, though, the tannins might interact with the glazes.

[@kodenhall]

Love your ideas! I’ve heard of using alphabet pasta to spell words in your clay!

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Great idea - try it! 👍🏼

[@shawncampbell5418]

I’m interested in knowing the measurements of the copper oxide into underglaze. Thanks!!! Loved it!

[@JaneScottCeramics]

One teaspoon full into 60ml of underglaze - there is another video on the whole process x 👍🏼

[@amyandrews4765]

Love this !

[@chopsonyou2007]

Fantastic surfaces treat video !Far out very super cool. I was thinking off wedging like rice material into the clay and was worried about cracking but what about cooking it a wee bit wedging it in and the rice will shrink with the clay as they both dry... have you tried wedging these in?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Hi there, sorry for the very late response i have been on holiday! I say wedge it in and go for it - it probably wont crack much, especially if you use a groggy clay - bung it in and see what happens… 👍🏼

[@annewatkis5824]

Hi Jane, I used the rice and it did bake out when fired, however, when out of the kiln, the rice indentation’s were really sharp. I tried rubbing them to smooth the edges but it didn’t work. I will try the split lentils next! Any tips would be really appreciated. x

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Sandpaper it after the firing or use a little grinder 👍🏼

[@billycaspersghost7528]

Bertie is back!! I had been wondering if he had fallen into the Kiln Though actually ...we did not see him did we? Sorry if that seems the main thing I took from this .. I enjoyed this as usual. What effect do you think a coarse terrier hair would produce?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Terrier hair would just stink - much like Bertie... 🤣

[@nadiamcgaughy8848]

Hi Jane, can this technique be achieved with underglazes or does it have to be done with slip? Thx Nadia

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Anything you can do with slip, you can do with underglaze too. 👍🏼

[@marie-helenefrancoise8588]

Amazing

[@carlasmith2105]

Love it! Wondering how that would work with copper bb's. Have you ever tried that?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Hello there, what are copper bb’s??? Hehehe i have no idea what a bb is🤔 ❤️

[@carlasmith2105]

@@JaneScottCeramics They are what goes into a "bb gun" rifle as ammunition. It's a solid copper ball .04 mm round. I don't know what they are called where you are. I'll look into it and see if I can define them a bit more.

[@carlasmith2105]

@@JaneScottCeramics I looked at one gun store and they sells tons of bb's but none were made from copper. Here in the US they are sold as copper. The rifles/guns are used to hunt birds or such. There is no gun powder. They are propelled by air hence the name air gun. They are not to be confused by airsoft gun which shoots colored ammo.

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Ooohh yes i know what you mean now! 😃. You can shove any copper stuff into clay and it will give a black - green effect. With a glaze obviously that will react with the copper - wire and chunks of copper tend to just go black and a bit crispy - definitely worth trying though 👍🏼

[@mikaelak90]

Cool! Hello from the southernmost tip of Africa. (-:

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Hello❤️

[@lorrainecliftonceramics]

Hi Jane - was wondering whether subject to the glaze being food safe whether with the dried food bits, the glazes would still be OK?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

All the food stuff burns away to nothing so its completely food safe in the end 😃

[@lorrainecliftonceramics]

@@JaneScottCeramics Thank you😍

[@sheetalnarkhede9922]

Are you using an electric kiln to fire these tiles?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Yes I am. 👍🏼

[@chrisdawson3859]

What is an underglaze medium that you would use with your oxide?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Its this stuff. 👍🏼. janescottceramics.com/product/pigment-free-underglaze-medium-120ml/

[@marianalage4174]

Are you doing that technique on leather hard?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Bit softer than leather hard x

[@desertpotter1003]

Do they cause any smoke as they burn away?

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Yes a tiny bit, not really noticeable though and my kiln is in a shed outside so i don’t worry about that 😁

[@AdriansPotteryArt]

interesting...

[@arriluce09]

What a beautiful piece of wood, it reminds me a big whale..

[@JaneScottCeramics]

Thanks ❤️