Not necessarily natural, but a thinned water based
metallic acrylic paint, liquidtex makes them shine,
especially if you layer many many colors.
Louise
--- Peter Himmelberg <phimmelberg@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Is there some kind of natural looking (and not
> expensive) finish that could
> be used on the
> >bisque fired pots that will solve them looking so
> "ashy," as my students
> >say,
> >and make a second firing unnecessary
>
> Melissa... try brown shoe polish in the metal
> tin...this offers a rich
> patina that sets off terra cotta nicely. For more
> luster and not making the
> color darker use a paste wax over the shoe polish.
> Peter
>
>
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