Slip Trail Ceramic Balloon

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Slip trail ceramic balloon. Commercial casting slips are defloculated and have less water in them than undefloculated slip. Sizzix spellbinders xcut fiskars or cuttlebug no matter your choice of die cutting machine discover oodles of compatible die cutting dies and create your own beautiful die cut cards. Unlike applying slip with brushwork slip trailing involves a thicker more fluid application which can be used to created beautiful lines and raised textures. Over the last 20 years i ve put slip onto leather hard pots in just about every way imaginable.

Slip trailing can add texture and contrast. Predissolve epsom salts in water and add by the drop. At that time i used two colors. 2 cobalt and 10 red.

This thicker slip will trail nicely and retain the raised texture. Find out more about what we do at www liberti. One of our resident potters tina showing how to make porcelain bowls by dipping balloons into porcelain slip. May 14 2020 explore michal berkovich s board slip trail on pinterest.

Slip trailing is a pottery technique where watered down clay is squirted onto more firm clay in lines or shapes. The defloculated slip will shrink less leading to better adhesion. 5 out of 5 stars 113 113 reviews. There are many commercial trailing applicators available.

Trailing is not limited to slip however and can also be accomplished with underglazes glazes wax resist etc.