After a little UPS trouble, my underglazes and stains have finally appeared! As you can see, I did a couple preliminary undergrlaze tests with my vinyl stencils.
I tried wiping the underglaze off to no avail. Being that the plates are already glazed to a high temperature (cone8 or 10) the underglaze was washing off far too easily.
I tried peeling off the stencils, to some avail. Yet the line quality was a little choppy and not what I was looking for.
So in the end, the burning off of the stencils works the best. After the kiln is unloaded, there is still some underglaze residue yet can be easily picked out with the end of an exacto knife.
I mixed my stains into a readily available cone04 clear studio glaze.
Next up: Glaze testing!
Bits and Pieces 