The artist produces handthrown earthenware and large one-off coiled pots, which are covered in white and coloured slips and
on-glaze decoration.
"The large jars, ginger jars and other pieces all have a blue-and-white decoration based on cobalt oxide applied either as a blue slip under the glaze or
on-glaze decoration," Andrew explains.
He covers raw techniques, texture, stamps, resist and masking, slip, painting, drawing, glaze effects, glaze applications, and
on-glaze techniques.
You could be faced with a kitsch green toad balanced atop a collection of building blocks embellished with patterns created by spraying
on-glaze through lace, or adorned with decals of flowers, leaves or weaponry; you might also find children's alphabet blocks, bath ducks, toy soldiers or a miniature Ionic column in an unexpected place.
Most of the available information relates to the soft or
on-glaze" luster which lacks permanence and depth but is more consistent in performance and combines easily with regular overglaze practice.
They were hand-decorated with under-glaze and
on-glaze colours and are known as the Hat Box Series.
The techniques of slips, underglazes, low-fire decals, mono-prints, in-glaze screen prints,
on-glaze enamels, and computer generated laser prints are shown and discussed.
Among the first potters to take advantage of this technique of
on-glaze painting were Ralph Wood (1748-1795), his brother John Wood (1746-1797) and their cousin Enoch Wood (1759-1840).
In the 18th century, with multi-colored porcelains being produced at the middle and later periods of Kangxi (the emperor of China in the Qing Dynasty) and with the subsequent emergence of early rose porcelain,
on-glaze armorial porcelain began to increase in number.
It was more experimental, trying underglaze transfers,
on-glaze decals, painting with
on-glaze, painting on layers of slip mixed with materials, applying slip with different tools, and dried out glaze mixed with different mediums to allow her to paint in controlled areas.
Imari porcelain predominantly employs a palette of underglaze blue with
on-glaze iron red and gold.
These stunning pieces were hand decorated in underglaze and
on-glaze colours and known as the Hat Box Series.