For storing slip i like the 16 oz.
Ceramic slip making.
Why not start with moist clay.
First you need to collect some scraps of bone dry clay.
That seems a lot less trouble.
A gallon of good ceramic slip should weigh 14 5 pounds plus a smidge.
Everyone who describes how to make slip fails to answer this burning question.
Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression.
In this post paul andrew wandless shows you how to make casting slip from a clay body normally used for throwing or handbuilding.
And it should have a gravity ratio of 1 75 to achieve this you should have a hydrometer and a scale.
Or you can easily make it by cutting of some thin slabs from your clay block.
Standard ceramic slip sold by dogwood ceramic supply.
Chinese cizhou ware vase with cut glaze decoration.
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Phoenician plate with red slip now wearing away 7th century bc.
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.
This can either be scraps left over from the pottery you have been making.
Why use bone dry clay to make slip.
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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.
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