Gallery of Glazes - Aerograph

A glazing technique giving the impression of a textured finish.

B.112 - Aerograph glaze

This week I'm showing casing a fabulous technique achieved by airbrushing two or more underglazes in different directions producing a colour gradient, and in doing so giving the impression of a textured finish.

If you enjoy looking at glazes, please check out my previous Gallery of Glazes - Stardust post.

B.115 - Footed dish - Blue / Green Aerographed Glaze

Cameron Brown had a fascination for glazes, not only creating his own colour combinations but also adjusting firing temperatures to achieve various results. One of his greatest achievements was the aerographed glazes. By spraying coloured underglazes in different directions, over each other, they created a bumpy effect. However, after trial and error he perfected the technique, including the firing temperature. The pieces are finished in clear gloss. He managed to create what appears to be a fine sandy finish that is perfectly smooth. Below are some examples. Cam Jnr proudly tells me no other pottery company was producing this aerographed glaze effect at the time.

B.115 Footed dish - Brown / Pink Aerographed Glaze

The most common aerographed glaze is 'Stonehenge'. You'll find it on a variety of pieces post 1957. It comes with a tinge of green or blue. The Paramount Art Ware sticker gives an indication the NX502-20 vase below was sold throught Farmers Trading Company's china department at Farmers Trading Company. 

NX502-20 - Aerographed Stonehenge Glaze

Stonehenge is the base glaze of the *Lascaux Caves stencil decoration. I only have the tennis set (cup and saucer) but I've seen a steak plate, a lamp and a 'hippie' jug.  

 

Unmarked Lascaux Caves Stonehenge TV set (on an aerographed glazed base)

Two other aerographed colouring you may not be aware of are, 'Pebble' and 'Hammer'. The pebble glaze was created using black and brown underglazes and was used on the original Titian Egyptian pieces made at Henderson and later at Takanini. 

Titian Studio Egyptian examples


Egyptian Tall Jug - Pebble glaze

  Egyptian Footed Charger - Pebble glaze

There are seven shapes with the embossed Egyptian decoration: The Footed Charger, Carafe, Amphora (ginger jar), 'S' handle Ewer, Tall Pouring Jug, B.102 (double handled trough vase), and the Double Handled Urn Vase.

If you look carefully, you'll see the Egyptian images on the footed chargers are slightly different. My son bought me the Titian example and it wasn't until we put it beside the Aquila version that we saw the differences. The reason for this is due to the abruptness of the Browns and Crown Lynn separating in 1971. Many of the moulds, including the Egyptian series, were left behind.  

 

Aquila Egyptian Footer Charger (base) - Hammer glaze

The Hammer glaze is aerographed with two brown underglazes. The glaze effect is lighter than pebble and was used on the Aquila Egyptian series after the Cameron and Dorothy Brown left Crown Lynn in 1971 and started up Orzel Industries in Drury. 

Aquila Egyptian Amphora Pot (Ginger Pot) - Hammer glaze


Aquila Egyptian Ewer - Hammer glaze

Stonehenge glaze on a OW.301 (Cambridge) Casserole Dish

I've tried to match glaze images from the original 'recipe' books. However, some of the less obvious ones are based on Cam Jnr's memory. The two of us have tried to match up names with glazes. I'm still collecting as many specialised glazes as I can for identification. I'll work my way through what I have at this stage in my Gallery of Glazes posts. Thanks for taking the time to check out what I'm up to. 

You are welcome to check out my other Gallery of Glazes blog posts - Stardust and Crackle Lustre

Happy days,

Louise

*The Lascaux Caves in France were discovered in 1940. Here's the Trip Advisor link for more information. 

©Louise de Varga 2022 - Content and pictures in this blog 














Comments

  1. Ev16 September 2022 at 12:42

    As a potter, these are my favourite glazes. Thanks Louise.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Christopher Barron16 September 2022 at 14:12

    Great article Louise - always learning is fun

    ReplyDelete
  3. Val Monk17 September 2022 at 03:01

    Thank you Louise for researching this, and thank you Cam for remembering it all! I am puzzling my way through the crossovers with Orzel, so it's helpful to me too.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Journey of the Titian Studio book photographs

Image
The Titian Studio book photographs. Burgundy Grapes glaze - V.110, B.106, PB.104, PV.109. Finally, I can confirm all the available Sherwood Pottery, Titian Studio, Orzel and Aquila pieces have been photographed for my book. Wayfarer Photography have taken over 400 images showing roughly 600 pieces which are now with my graphic designer to slot into my completed manuscript. It's been a huge undertaking to get to this point and I'm thrilled, but also relieved to be here. The journey began back in March 2023 when Danny and I collected a huge number of pieces from various collectors, including a car load from one collector who lives in the Waikato.  It was a huge responsibility to care for so many treasured pieces from over twenty collectors, with some kindly sending pieces to me, at no cost, from all over New Zealand. The pieces were removed from the boxes, cleaned and laid out onto tables in our lounge, dining room and kitchen for easy access, before being photographed and then p...
Read more

My First Piece of Titian

Image
  Everyone has a story about how their collections started.  B.105 - Giant Clam Shell Vase (My very first piece of Titian) My Titian Studio story began when hubby and I were on holiday in Nelson. I found my Clam Shell Vase when I was having a poke around in a 'hold your breath' secon d hand shop. It caught my eye sitting in amongst a collection of other vases. Bending over awkwardly, so I didn't knock over a pile of stacked books with my bottom, I reached over the other vases to pick it up. Like all the other vases it was full of scratched saucers which I then had to find a space for. I carefully popped the saucers down beside me on the limited carpeted space where I'd been crouching. Finally, I was able to get a decent look at it.  It was stunning, even under the dust I could see the colours. I wanted it! The Titian Studio Ware sticker wasn't one I'd ever seen before. I don't mind stickers on pieces but since this vase only had numbering on the base it wo...
Read more

Sherwood Pottery 1949 - 1953/54

Image
 Let's start at the beginning. Front L to R: Brown brothers, Cameron (Snr), Neil and Jack with Vivien (Jack’s daughter)  and Cameron Jnr perched behind them. Neil's dog is a Scottish Terrier named Sandy.  Cam Jnr believes this photo was taken in the summer of 1950 before he started school. He thinks it was a Sunday because Jack, who was very religious, was dressed in his Sunday best. Coming home from the war in 1947 with wife Dorothy and baby Cam, Cameron Snr briefly worked at the Waitakere Brick Works with his father and two brothers before joining Crown Lynn. He managed to get jobs for brothers, Jack and Neil there. In about 1949 Cameron left Crown Lynn, briefly working at a timber yard. He, along with Dorothy and little Cam Jnr moved a couple of old army huts from Waitakere Brick Works to a piece of land on Bethells Road opposite the old school house. One hut was for making the moulds and casting them. The second was where they displayed the finished products for sale....
Read more