ferkra Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Good morning, I am from Brazil and I'm new here. I am very interested in working with Parian slip but I have a lot of questions… I read that it is self glazing. How does it work? Can I mix a stain with it and then fire at high temperature? no need to make the bisque? Do you guys know some video about that? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolieo Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hi I have never heard of it before today. I googled and apparently it is a casting slip . Here is a link to a blog of someone who tried it : http://jadecromptonceramics.blogspot.com/2015/01/using-parian-slip.html A Richard Behrens did a pamphlet that might have a recipe . It is available premade , but expensive. Show us what you make with it ! Jolie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Bridge Pottery Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I fired some once in my kiln, I wouldn't really call it self glazing. The guy who was using it put glaze on top. The bare clay didn't even slightly stick or 'pluck' on the shelf like porcelain can or a glaze. It really looks like a burnished pot, slightly shiny. You can see that in the link jolieo posted if you find the fired pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synj00 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 16% shrinkage rate! Yes show us some results when you can. This sounds interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiao-tai Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Belleek in Ireland uses a parian. Their's is slightly yellowish in color. Sevres in Paris uses one. Look for porcelains that are cone 5. More than likely it is a parian body or slip. Little kaolin, lots of flux. It was used for white sculptural items which looked like Parian marble, hence the description. Potterycrafts U.K. used to sell one of my parian bodies in several colors and white. So, to answer your question, yes, you can put stain in it but test the amount the stain increases the fluxing qualities. When Potterycrafts were taken over by Limoges, they stopped producing some of the clays they made in Stoke-on-Trent. Parian is usually a low fire porcelain and it is also used to make dolls. It has more flux, hence the surface can look like marble You can probably buy doll porcelain which is more than likely parian. D.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferkra Posted May 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 thanks for the replies. I am trying to know the process to get this kind of result. The appearance is so smooth, I love it. I know that is parian casting slip and unglazed. But how to get it? thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferkra Posted May 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 sorry, in the post above I tried to put these images but I could not. http://exquisiteobjects.com/2013/11/17/jill-shaddock-ceramics/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 I love that kind of work. Simplicity like that is beautiful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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