Ceramic Slip Recipes

We all know from experience that getting ceramic surfaces right can be one of the most frustrating time consuming and rewarding aspects of the ceramic process.

Ceramic slip recipes.

Lana wilson uses texture and clay slip to decorate much of her work. It s a a lot of fun to do washes of color on textured surfaces leaving concentrations of the glaze or ceramic colorants in the recesses but sometimes when the clay slip or glaze is washed off the color loses its vibrancy. The recipe i use is passed on from an old professor. How to make your own ceramic slip part 3 the recipe.

I made a bunch of slip the other day. Explore many options for adding surface designs and patterns to your clay vessels and sculptures at the leather hard greenware and bisque ware stage using decorating slips engobes and terra sigillatas. 24 crackle clear currie strontium series oil spot and hare s fur glazes flat black varden wrinkle white slip base yehrim s pyrometric cone recipe yellow flashing slip iron oxide slip mason stained porcelain casting slip. When i roll out a slab i like to use up.

13 5 gallons water 2 dry ounces soda ash 1 5 dry ounces barium carbonate optional 50 pounds kt om 4 or 2 bags of kt 1 4 50 pounds of kt 1 sgp 150 pounds of talc 2882 6 9 liquid ounces of sodium silicate and one heavy duty mixer. Jun 13 2016 explore guy jencks s board slip recipes followed by 136 people on pinterest. You can buy pre mixed slip at ceramics stores however it is much cheaper and you have much more control if you mix your own. I usually don t make this much at one time.

1 kg of dry clay. Clay tools equipment. The powder i ordered is called glacier white it is a porcelain that dries completely white and a little transparent. I can t tell you yet though.

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And i like how elegant it looks. I normally just make enough for what i need but i have some plans for this slip.