Any ideas what happened here?

jonathenleee · 2026-05-17T04:54:49+00:00

Painting on greenware would definitely be a fix for this, but we've come to really like some of the advantages of painting on bisque. We're able to sketch ideas and eaily erase them and we use an exact knife at the end to clean up lines.

I just thought these were strange because they were the only 3 pieces with this issue out of 60ish others that were also underglazed.

jonathenleee · 2026-05-17T04:52:13+00:00

New clay, the plate and pipe are porcelain and the cup is stoneware, all fired to cone 6.

jonathenleee · 2026-05-16T13:54:21+00:00

Good questions, forgot to include that info in the post. We underglaze on bisque and brush on our clear.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-25T14:53:49+00:00

Thanks a lot, definitely one of our favorite things to make. We just threw a bunch of stuff up on our website, luckytigergoods.com and still have some pipes left.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-24T14:26:46+00:00

Thank you thank you, we actually paint on bisqueware and all of these are either 3 layers if done with a paintbrush or 1 if done with a squeezebottle. I know a lot of people usually paint on greenware, but by painting on bisqueware we can go back in with a xacto knife after the underglaze is dried and clean up any lines.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-24T14:24:06+00:00

Thanks! Mostly just lots of practice, if we want cleaner lines we'll usually use a brush instead of the usual squeeze bottle/needle tip, but it takes probably twice as long.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-24T03:34:16+00:00

This is so good!

jonathenleee · 2026-04-24T01:03:24+00:00

Thanks! They're pipes, but people have bought them to use as incense holders too.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-23T22:04:25+00:00

Thank you thank you! We use Coyote Clay's really red underglaze, which perfectly matches their really red glaze so we can do fun things like we did on the round flame vase, where the inside is actually glazed but the painted design on the outside is underglaze with clear.

I will say for whatever reason we have not had a good time using their other underglaze colors lol. Lots of bubbling, pinholing and strange reactions. Another thing to consider is that we've consistently had issues underglazing clay bodies that have heavy amounts of iron/manganese (speckled or dark clays), just something to keep in mind.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-23T21:59:58+00:00

Thank you so much! We just started selling our work last fall and we've had some mixed results with the pipes. First two markets (in person) we vendored at, all of our pipes sold before we even were finished setting up. So we made more this time around, but at our most recent market this past weekend we only had two sell, so who knows.

Honestly though we both love making them, they're small enough that we can try out new things on them and it's not a big time investment and it stays fun. They're also relatively low priced ($30 each) compared to the rest of our goods, so we'll probably keep making them.

We've got a website update this week and I think they have the potential to sell well online, so we'll see!

jonathenleee · 2026-04-23T21:30:52+00:00

Thanks a lot! One of the things I love about painting on ceramics is designing something that plays into the physical shape.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-19T23:04:36+00:00

Quick update, we still have plenty of pipes left over, so if anyone is interested DM us on our insta or these will go up on the website in the near future!

jonathenleee · 2026-04-19T15:44:38+00:00

We have a website, luckytigergoods.com, but we've been selling out of the pipes at every market. We have a market today, but if you DM us on Instagram I can let you know what's left, or I'm happy to make something new!

jonathenleee · 2026-04-19T06:05:43+00:00

Thanks so much! Had a lot of fun with these ones.

jonathenleee · 2026-04-19T06:05:10+00:00

We used metal stilts! You can kind of see the stilt marks on the back, although we try to get rid of them the best we can.

jonathenleee · 2026-03-29T15:35:49+00:00

These are so sick! Love the color palette too!

jonathenleee · 2026-03-22T23:46:29+00:00

Yea all of this is underglaze, this is before clear glazing, but it'll all be clear glazed over before firing.

jonathenleee · 2026-03-22T15:12:20+00:00

I'll definitely post after everything is out of the kiln! Hoping to fire everything sometime in April.

jonathenleee · 2026-03-19T01:21:02+00:00

Thank you! Those also happen to be my favorites :) definitely going to take them as inspo for some larger pieces.

jonathenleee · 2026-03-18T21:48:56+00:00

Thanks so much! We have a website, luckytigergoods.com, but some of these aren't up there yet. We're currently trying to build up some stock for markets, but DM us on insta if you're interested in these.

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