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Ingredients

Ingredient Amount
Talc 30.00
Ferro Frit 3124 15.00
Ball Clay 40.00
Calcined Kaolin 15.00
Add Amount
Zircopax 5.00

Instructions

This was a Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) shop slip. For application on leather-hard clay, it can be brushed, dipped, and poured. Do not use on bisqueware. I fire to cone 04 for bisque and cone 05 for the glaze firing.

This recipe was shared by Lindsay Montgomery in the November 2025 issue of Ceramics Monthly.