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Common deflocculant for casting slips. Product of R.T. Vanderbilt Company. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook

Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … Read More

Slip casting opens up endless possibilities for creativity with clay, whether you are interested in casting clay sculpture or pottery. … Read More

Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if … Read More

A liquid clay body, also known as casting slip, cannot be made by simply adding an excessive amount of water … Read More

There are many, many ways to put lines onto pots – carving, fluting, painting, drawing – but, I have to … Read More

Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time, … Read More

The pottery of Lauren Karle is influenced by the beautiful garments of the indigenous cultures of Guatemala, where she lived … Read More

Slips and engobes are more or less the same thing, and some confusion exists over the use of the two … Read More

In my pottery, I try to create an opportunity for reverie or a feeling of emergent possibility. I have vivid … Read More

Slips and engobes are more or less the same thing, and some confusion exists over the use of the two … Read More