Can’t wait to try this!

Simon...you are an absolutely FANTASTIC teacher...so thoughtful in making sure we get the best views of what you are trying to show.....** My short term goal is to make it to one of your workshops.....Hope you have a few next year..~!

I did this technique on a large lidded jar, adding dogwood blooms on a limb

Surely you have learned by now that shellac it dissolved by alcohol. Shellac is used to create a "French polish" finish on fine woodwork. Also used as a stain block over pine knots under house paint. Quite wonderful stuff.

I love so much your whistling while teacing

Looks great Simon! Thanks for the tip and demo!

Gorgeous!! I have to try this!

Thank you for this demonstration. A while ago I tried the same with some kind of glue. But it didn't last that long, I had to be very careful so I wouldn't wipe it all away. I will try it with shellac soon, looks much better to work with. Can't wait to see your finished bowls!

Thank you

I watched this being done with a glaze then shallac then wiped. The glass stayed under the shallac. Didn't see it fired but I must get testing. Looks great.

Love it!

More fun to come!

I was thinking how interesting it would be if you did the brush work first, then sponged, then did the sponge on a stick bit, then sponged again to get a series of layers. Can't wait to see them glazed.

Hi Simon, thank you for all your videos, I would just like to suggest that you could paint grass with grass, like the Indian potters in a Jane Perryman book, they make their own brushes from different types of grass.

Simon, I love the grasses on this bowl that you demonstrated. I wonder if you have thought about first doing the heads of the grass in shellac and then sponging the post and then shellac in the stems of the grasses and sponging off...you would have more relief...could prove to be quite wonderful. Thanks for the demo. (have you seen my post about your visit to SLC at papillonpots.com ?)

Amazing

Great!!!

Just thinking. If the bowl was applied with a glaze then shellaced cleaned up and reglazed. What do you think.

Hope that tin is not too old - shellac in liquid form becomes unusable after a year or two: it stays sticky and will not set. But it will always dissolve in alcohol (meths) so crusty old brushes can easily be washed out.

Do you glaze right over the shellac?

Do you think varnish would work? I’ve got a can left over from a project.

Question for you Simon: Is it okay to bisque-fire shellac in an electric kiln? Thank you, sir.