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Sponged Wax Resist Decoration Demonstration

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Apply Matte Glaze and More Wax Resist
A potter applying a matte glaze over wax resist.

A potter applying a matte glaze over wax resist. A second layer of wax resist will be applied when the glaze coat is dry.

Photo © Beth Peterson

After the first application of wax resist had dried, I then applied a Moroccan Sands series, Sahara Desert (which appears to have been discontinued by Laguna Clay Company). Sahara Desert is a stony matte orange glaze. I applied the glaze using the largest of the round sponge tools, roughly centering each glaze spot over the wax resist spot.

Directly after applying the glaze to all the spots, I cleaned the wax resist of all remaining glaze that was left on it with a cotton swab. I then again waited, this time for the glaze coat to dry.

Once the glaze was dry, I applied a third layer to the mix, a second spot of wax resist, centered on the original wax resist spot. I used the middle-sized round sponge tool, so that this spot of wax resist covered the first and also covered some of the matte glaze.

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