justin1287 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I'd like to learn more about slipcasting, but am having trouble finding information on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Google slip cast ceramics- 1,230,000 pages to read-that should take awhile to digest. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1287 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 What do i need to add to my cone 6 stoneware clay to make it suitable for slipcasting? I have a trash can full of waste clay that is not worth my time to wedge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Oka Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 What do i need to add to my cone 6 stoneware clay to make it suitable for slipcasting? I have a trash can full of waste clay that is not worth my time to wedge. I usually buy slip when I need it. I never make it. However you can 'Google' 'Paul Wandless slip making'. He has a method of making your moist clay into casting slip. You may get the same info here on CAD; try a search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Oka Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I'd like to learn more about slipcasting, but am having trouble finding information on it. Try doing a library or Google search on 'mold making for ceramics' and there you will find slipcasting information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Richard Notkin is having summer workshops in Helena. He is one of the best mold makers in the business. Work with a Master: Plaster Moldmaking / Ceramic Casting One two-week session only: June 10-21, 2013 (Limited to nine participants) - Plaster technology & optimum mixing techniques - Prototype design & mold fabrication - Complex multiple piece mold mechanics - Press molding & slip-casting - Keys, pouring/draining systems, vents, etc. - Slip formulation & deflocculation- Altering/combining/assembling unique castings - Industrial/mass production techniques - Unusual/experimental techniques, and much more... Tuition: $850. For more information contact: notkin@dishmail.net Studio/materials fee: 125. Or send SASE to: Richard Notkin TOTAL: $975. P.O. Box 698( Motel available, two weeks: $350./double, $700./single, or limited rooms in local homes, prices vary) Helena, MT 59624-0698 Marcia I'll post this under events, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 You can make most clays into a slip body but it will not be the best slip body-I suggest if you want trouble free slip results us a slip body made for slipping. Waste clay is not great slip clay-You can use it but it will take some time and test results it may work out and it may not. I have either made slip clay from scratch dry materials or bought slip clay in dry state but never tried to make whatever I was throwing into a slip body. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 John B. Kenny's Complete Book of Pottery Making has directions for making casting slip that involves a 10 day process. This is an old book from the 1950s. It begins with a dry powder clay recipe plus diffloculent additives and proper blending of 10 minutes three times /day for 10 days. I used this process and it was very successful . I was able to make slip for particular clay bodies. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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