jrgpots Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 I am planning the make gingerbread houses from Laguna electric brown cone 6 clay body. I want to use a white slip for the icing. The slip needs to be thicker than normal,,,,I think. Any suggestions? Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 I would take some porcelain scrap and make it a slip and add a bunch of toilet paper to make paper clay.If you have any molochite (porcelain grog) add that or glomax (calcinated whiting) to help reduce excessive shrinkage. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 I would take some porcelain scrap and make it a slip and add a bunch of toilet paper to make paper clay.If you have any molochite (porcelain grog) add that or glomax (calcinated whiting) to help reduce excessive shrinkage. Marcia Thanks, Marcia. I just made an extra large damp box where I can place the gingerbread house after assembly and decoration to even out the humidity of the house. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coyle Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 I used to own a bakery and learned to decorate cakes for birthdays and weddings. A pipping bag will work just as well with a heavy slip and will allow you to make any type of decoration that is used on a cake. There are all kinds of tips you can use. Just practice on a plaster batte and scoop the slip back into the container when you are finished. Look up the pipping techniques on u-tube and in a couple of hours you will be up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I used to own a bakery and learned to decorate cakes for birthdays and weddings. A pipping bag will work just as well with a heavy slip and will allow you to make any type of decoration that is used on a cake. There are all kinds of tips you can use. Just practice on a plaster batte and scoop the slip back into the container when you are finished. Look up the pipping techniques on u-tube and in a couple of hours you will be up and running. Tomorrow I'll get some decorating tips from the hobby shop and practice to get the right consistancy of the paper slip. It will take me longer than a few hours to be good at piping. I will try making canes too. Watch out Chris Campbell, here I come......lol Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 How about firing the walls and roof pieces as tiles then assembling the house after those are fired with a thin bead of construction adhesive then doing the decorative icing with a white latex caulk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmyrtle Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I went another direction. When I made a tile that represented the state Capitol as an ice cream bowl (with a cherry on top), I found that slip just didn't give me enough volume. So I took soft clay, rolled to rounds, placed where I wanted the edge, then blended back into the cream by smushing the high side of the roll. Worked perfectly and looked delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Sorry Jed ... Already did the gingerbread houses about twelve years ago!! LOL I used a specialty commercial glaze that puffs up when fired ... Maybe it was called snow ?? Have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkolator Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 try this: Arnie's Fish Sauce Slip 43.6 Grolleg/China Clay/Kaolin 15.6 Silica23.4 F-4/Minspar/soda spar7.8 Pyrax/Pyrophyllite9.5 Bentonite can be mixed super thick, like cream cheese thick. have had students pipe it out with success. ​another option would be a 2nd firing with white Egyptian paste as the icing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Min, thanks. The idea has great merit. Chris, I'll see if I can find Snow. To what cone did the Snow fire? Drmerytle, I really like your idea. I will use it first. I will also thin it to a paste, add sodium silicate and try piping it. Perkolator, thanks for the fish sauce recipe. It sounds like I have some trials to do. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 It's a commercial glaze by either Amaco or Duncan ... It puffs up and looks like snow. I think it was either Cone 05 or 06. It's not very fashionable, but it did the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 It's a commercial glaze by either Amaco or Duncan ... It puffs up and looks like snow. I think it was either Cone 05 or 06. It's not very fashionable, but it did the job. I've used it for the top of christmas stockings to make into mobiles or just to hang on the tree. It's matt and crusty. There are at least three different makes/brands at the centre I go to, all slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I found these three sample from left to right they are Snowdrift, Fired Snow and Snowfall. Don't know brands, possibly Mayco or Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've been out for quite some time. But, I wanted to post where my gingerbread church stands. It is drying slowly. I need to pipe the ridges and corners. In the next two weeks, I will finish the piping and corners. I need to make paper slip with magic water to repair the cracks before firing. Once Fired, I will add shingles. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakukuku Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 a few years ago i made pregnant ginger bread ladies as christmas ornaments. I just used an opaque white glaze for the icing look. actually it wasn't all that great and i think piped thicker slip would be better. rakuku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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