Thursday, October 20, 2011

Basket with weeping opal

This is the first time I have used weeping opal. I like the look on the finished piece!
The basket has had 2 coats of carmine lustre, fired in between of course. Then I covered the lustre with liquid bright gold and when it was "tacky" I brushed on the weeping opal and let it run how it wanted to. After it was fired at 800 degrees, the liquid bright gold was applied to the I-Relief and fired at 780. This makes a nice edge around the painted squares.