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- Glazing the ink dip pen
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How to Make a Ceramic Ink Dip Pen on the Potter's Wheel
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- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Centring the clay on the wheel
- 3 - Throwing the ink dip pen
- 4 - Covering them to dry overnight
- 5 - Trimming the ink dip pen
- 6 - Using a specially made chuck to trim the tops of the pens
- 7 - Drilling out the hollow for the ferrule
- 8 - Close up of drilled hole and ferrule check
- 9 - Trimming the top again
- 10 - Packing the bisque to fire to 1000ºc
- 11 - Unpacking the bisque
- 12 - Mixing up a batch of crackle glaze
- 13 - Glazing the ink dip pen
- 14 - Cleaning up a 'red' pen
- 15 - Cleaning up a 'white' pen
- 16 - Slotting the pens onto the firing rig
- 17 - Packing the gas kiln
- 18 - Firing the gas kiln to 1290ºc
- 19 - Unpacking the gas kiln
- 20 - Preparing the ferrules to fit into the pens
- 21 - Finished examples
