Ceramic Slip Making

A gallon of good ceramic slip should weigh 14 5 pounds plus a smidge.

Ceramic slip making.

Information about our walk in retail store click here. In this post paul andrew wandless shows you how to make casting slip from a clay body normally used for throwing or handbuilding. Chinese cizhou ware vase with cut glaze decoration. Phoenician plate with red slip now wearing away 7th century bc.

Everyone who describes how to make slip fails to answer this burning question. This can either be scraps left over from the pottery you have been making. Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression. How to make casting slip from a regular body is an important skill for every ceramic artist to learn.

That seems a lot less trouble. For storing slip i like the 16 oz. Why use bone dry clay to make slip. Not only does ceramic mold making enable you to repeat a form over and over again it also makes individual forms lose their preciousness which frees you up to experiment more.

Standard ceramic supply s ceramic slip is a superior premixed ready to cast talc based nontoxic low fire white earthenware ceramic casting slip manufactured by standard ceramic supply and stocked and sold by dogwood ceramics for use by schools production studios and ceramic hobbyists. Why not start with moist clay. Our online shop is always open. First you need to collect some scraps of bone dry clay.

Miletus ware showing a red body covered by white slip then painted in blue c. Plastic containers with screw on lids that come in packs of 2 from the dollar tree with a screw on lid you can get a tighter seal than you can with snap on lids which means your slip will still be usable the next time you need to use it. Standard ceramic slip sold by dogwood ceramic supply.