Salted Lemon Meringue

Colors in the order they go on

1 of 2 on our shelf at Hamilton Place — ask us about Golden Retriever.

Tools

• Fan Brush
• Sponge Dotter
• Flux Squeeze Bottle (or Liner Brush)
• Paint Palette/Dishes

Prep your piece

• Before you get started, be sure there's no dust on your piece.
• Next, use a water-based marker to draw a line around the foot (bottom) of the piece - this is the do not paint line.
• Lastly, be sure to let your glazes dry fully between coats. Otherwise, we might end up with issues during firing such as pinholing or crawling.

Here's how tap a step when it's done

1. 1Create two rows of "w" shapes around the outer rim of the mug using the flux bottle.
2. 2Use the back of the sponge dotter and #2301 (smiley face) and #2369 (Golden Retriever) to create dots inside the "w" shaped swoops you've made.
3. 3Grab your fan brush and glaze the bottom 1/2 of the outside of your piece, up to the "do not paint" line, with 2 coats of Lemon Meringue.
4. 4Glaze the inside of your piece and the top 1/2 of the outside with 2 coats of Frosted Lemon.
5. 5Use Sea Salt glaze 2 coats on the top 1/4 of the outside (on top of your dots and "w"s).
6. 6Ask us how to sign your work then leave it with us for firing!

Tips

• The larger the swoop the more loose the flow will be; the smaller the swoop the tighter the flow.
• one coat is plenty from the squeeze bottle; if using a liner brush, you'll want to achieve 3 coats.
• Go for 3 coats of dots so we get full movement from the interaction between glazes.
• if you're a light handed painter, you might need to go for 3 coats.
• the crystal top coat really makes things move; you can cover up to the 1/2 way point of the outside of a piece if you like, but please don't paint below the 1/3 point of the outside to prevent the glaze from flowing off of the piece.