Slip Decorated Ceramics

There are many ways to use slip to decorate ceramic pieces.

Slip decorated ceramics. And you can make designs that won t work with. Slip decorated ceramic sculptures by sarah louise lync. I blogged a little while ago asking for advice on how to fire my sheep. Some slips will also give a moderate degree of the hardening effect and decreased permeability that a ceramic glaze would give.

A thicker slip can be trailed onto the object using a condiment bottle or other trailing applicator. May 3 2020 explore dawn adams s board bulgarian slip decorated pottery ceramics 2 acs followed by 385 people on pinterest. There are so many methods for decorating pottery with slip from slip trailing to mishima. Today i am presenting another super fun slip decorating technique that reminds me of putting icing on a cake.

Highfire stoneware casting slip cone 7 10. This is a video tutorial using b 3 brown slip to decorate bisque ware. See more ideas about pottery ceramics bulgarian. Learn how to decorate pottery with slip by watching this video ceramic design tutorial.

This also means you can make textures in the slip that will stay exactly as you made them. Slip trailing is one of the most widely known and used methods of decorating with slip. Bone dry clay will slake down into slip faster than slightly wet clay exspecailly if you take a rolling pin to the dry clay to break it up into small bits. I was concerned that the feet may drag on the kiln shelves and cause the bodies to contort.

One of the benefits is that the slips stay put so designs don t blur or run unlike many glazes. Lueders white 500l. Porcelain casting slip cone 6 8 antique white frost very white. Chris lively applies thick slips to his leather hard pots and then uses various tools to sculpt and shape it much like a pastry chef would work with icing.

Midrange stoneware casting slip cone 4 6. Often only pottery where the slip creates patterns or images will be described as slipware as opposed to the many types where a plain slip. The slip is just throw water from an earlier project so this technique is a creative way to use all materials available without waste. A more liquid slip can be brushed on sprayed on or pieces can be dipped in a container of slip.

If you are interested in mixing your own casting slips check out these tips and reference guide from laguna clay by clicking. Grits dover lueders white cameroon. Making slips for decorating if you haven t decorated with slips you re missing out. When clay is dry the water will dislodge the particles of clay from one another.

Slip decorating for ceramic pieces. This dispenser can be a large bore syringe such as a baster or a bottle with a nozzle such as is used for condiments or glue.