Preface:
I bought 1 barrel of mint HSI primary $1 with the sole intention of science i.e. murdering, relabeling, coloring, or whatever other crazy idea I come up with. I realize I may ruin some of them, but at this point I think anyone that wanted some got them already being that they were on sale at TCR for almost 5 moths at .60 per chip.
I don’t think I will move forward with this but I found the results interesting enough that I am willing to share. After a bit of light research on some ceramic and sculpture websites/forums I found that some artists use oil based wood stains on baked and hardened clay to color their sculpture. I picked up a small can of red oil based wood stain from Home Depot for $5 and applied 2 quick coats using a paint brush. I only waited about 5 minutes in between each coat and rubbed the excess stain in with a towel to even out the coat in between layers. My goal was to create a pink chip and it worked. However, the porous spots of the chip are not even just like wood and it created darker flecks of pink at different spots upon closer inspection. See pictures attached, let me know your thoughts.
I bought 1 barrel of mint HSI primary $1 with the sole intention of science i.e. murdering, relabeling, coloring, or whatever other crazy idea I come up with. I realize I may ruin some of them, but at this point I think anyone that wanted some got them already being that they were on sale at TCR for almost 5 moths at .60 per chip.
I don’t think I will move forward with this but I found the results interesting enough that I am willing to share. After a bit of light research on some ceramic and sculpture websites/forums I found that some artists use oil based wood stains on baked and hardened clay to color their sculpture. I picked up a small can of red oil based wood stain from Home Depot for $5 and applied 2 quick coats using a paint brush. I only waited about 5 minutes in between each coat and rubbed the excess stain in with a towel to even out the coat in between layers. My goal was to create a pink chip and it worked. However, the porous spots of the chip are not even just like wood and it created darker flecks of pink at different spots upon closer inspection. See pictures attached, let me know your thoughts.