Ceramics Marbling Slip

Using colored slips or different clay bodies with the same firing temperature you can also try this process on clay.

Ceramics marbling slip.

Once you have made your pottery piece you can have some fun and unleash your creativity with some brilliant decorating ideas. After trailing slip over damp or leather hard clay slip trails can be modified by turning or shaking the piece of pottery or combing through. You can create a marbled effect by following these steps. Cover the slab with a thin layer of slip.

In pottery the two most important uses of slip are. Slip glorious slip this versatile liquid form of clay can be used in a multitude of different ways to create and embellish ceramic art. A slip is a liquid mixture or slurry of clay and or other materials suspended in water. Firstly to form the basic shape by slipcasting with moulds.

Marbling with clay or slips is a great way to make your pottery into a work of art. Roll out a slab of clay. One such method involves using colored slips to create a marbleized look on pottery which is reminiscent of staffordshire style english marbled slipware. This has been extremely important for several centuries and secondly to protect or decorate the pottery which is.

The effects achieved will greatly depend on the method of modifying the slip and also on how fluid the slip itself is.