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Gree Poyee is a meticulous artise whe says
he loves co work within the sichness of the
crate tradician
classical Greek vase forms and Aegean
20th Century
Op Acc madness that makes for some very
interesting conceptual work.

Strongly influenced by

decoration, fe injects some

During his workshop he made a call vase
(abouc four feec high) thrown in sections,
small vase, and a small thrown and altere: 7
snail pitcher. He did a grand
demonstration of decorating with colored
terra sigillacas. He dersystified his
decorating technique by showing us the
tniusic of latex resist, a mouth aromizer ana
a bath brush.

His handles are hursorous, obsessive muri

sculptures, a release from all that precision,

I'd imagine.

A. perfecdonist, he indulges his love of clay.
He said

Speed is the last on his “te do™ last,
that watching him work was like watching
paine dry. As times this was true, bur after
all we were watching art being made, and
net “Married With Children",

Altea. Rane! ----

Techno Tips from Greg

Payce
Decoration Techniques:

i lest: erie apraying, flicking amd resist

WSS . | work on leather hard clay as |
have less ‘ problems with che sig fitting the
clay and not flaking off later.

Bor SPrayoniy soe [use a meourh arornizer.
Sigillatas are very fine and spray easily
There is also
less backdratt from the spray beerh of you
Mouth atemiers are

with good concral this way.

use this cme
available at art su pply stores, The are
used for spraying fixative on drawings.

Pot Pauinting [ se very good quality
brushes; mostly sable warercolor breshes,
Good brushes make good marks and last a
le wg cine if you take care of chem. |] have
fownd chat if you always rub some
Sunlighe dish liquid inte the brush before
using ic you will have no problems with
plaments, wax or even latex sticking in
your brushes.

For resists, | use larex. | have found tha

a mixture of 50% Rubbertex compound

(eed) from Lewes Craft and 50% pure
latex fubber (avalable at Sounding Seone
in Winnipeg) thinned to painting
consistency works best. | spray or paint
ont a layer of sig on leather hard, let ic set,
then painc out the resist areas with latex,
When che latex is darker aun clearer you
may applly more sig, chen resis
Reststs are easily removed by pulling on
an ein: with a pm tool.

7, €fc..

[ uswally leave
all resist and sig lavers on che piece until
the end and p pull them all off at ence.

To build up textures I use a thick,
deflocculated slip made of the clay body I
[use a rail brush wo “flick:
layers of slip onto a piece. The effect is

arn wsing,
like stucco,
Occastonally, | use underglazes and some
glazes (applied ing the same techniques}
to pieces. Mast of my work could be once
fired to come O4, ae l line them with a
clear glaze to make chem more funccional.
Bisquing the work also gives you a chance
ro add more surface or fix any tiny cracks
or scratches

Greg Payce

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