Curtis Texture Paste - Neutral

Name: Curtis Texture Paste - Neutral
Price: 0.1202 GBP
Availability: InStock

£12.02

Description

Bring a unique textured touch to your creations with Curtis Texture Paste - Neutral. Developed by renowned ceramic artist Eddie Curtis, this versatile product can be used alone or combined with porcelain slip to create a variety of organic, textured surfaces. Curtis Texture Paste - Neutral is the base product to which other pre-coloured texture pastes can be added to give a wide range of tonal results depending on the mix ratio. The coloured pastes are very strongly coloured and not designed for stand alone use but as a mix for use with the neutral paste. Due to the variety of firing schedules, kilns and other firing factors, there are a number of possible colour outcomes for each paste.

This paste can be used to create texture in a neutral tone.

Available in 1kg Tubs

Tub Size: 1kg

1kg

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Usage

Ideally used with a stiff brush, flat wooden tool or palette knife. Apply paste directly to soft or leather hard clay creation. Build up areas of varying thickness with your tools to create a textured pattern. To maintain structure rapidly dry surface with heat such as a blow torch or heat gun. Once paste is dry and firm to touch, you can brush a layer or Porcelain slip on top. Experiment with varying thicknesses to achieve your desired result. Thin layers will allow more of the underlying colour to be visible.

Colour

Off White

ARTIST INSPIRATION

Eddie Curtis

Eddie Curtis, a ceramic artist, developed Curtis Texture Paste to achieve the distinctive textures featured in his work.

He applies the paste to both sculpted and hand-built pieces crafted from ES40 Earthstone Hand-Building Clay and then overlays them with a blended slip version of Audrey Blackman Porcelain.

Curtis fires this unique combination in a flame-fired kiln under a reduction atmosphere, reaching stoneware temperatures of approximately 1300°C. He also explores oxidised electric firings, which introduce new parameters for further experimentation.

Curtis exhibits work internationally and as earned significant acclaim, including the Detlef-Schmidt-Wilkens Ceramic Prize at Oldenburger Keramiktage in Germany in 2016 and again in 2017, with the latter award specifically recognising his innovative surface treatment techniques.