Plate 46


Chapter XII
SURFACE ENRICHMENT OF CLAY

Limitations for Surface Enrichment

In some respects the surface enrichment of clay is similar to that of wood as, for example, the similarity produced by inlays in clay and in wood. On the other hand the enrichment of clay is unhampered by the restricting effects of unequal resistance of the material, such as the grain of wood. Again it is limited to those effects or forms of enrichment that are capable of withstanding the intense heat to which ceramic decoration is subjected. See Frontispiece.

Courtesy of the Rookwood Potteries

Figure 281.—Filling the Saggars before Firing

Decorative Processes of Surface Enrichment
Forms of Manipulation