Below – two terracotta clay bowls that I made some time ago during pottery workshops I attend.

Both dishes are made using wax resist and oxide technique, one was underglazed before applying wax resist, the second after. The other difference is colour of the oxide.

freshly made terracotta clay bowl

bisque fired terracotta bowl painted with wax resist

then with cobalt oxide paint

and then covered with white underglaze and fired again

terracotta clay bowl

underglazed, bisque fired and then covered with wax resist

then painted with copper oxide

fired again, ready bowl