Slip casting
Hey folks! No time today for much text, so here are more photos of the slip casting process:
Georgie’s Slip, ready to become Tiki mugs
Pouring the slip into the bucket
The interior of the plaster mold
Moving slip from bucket to pitcher for pouring
Pouring slip
Slow going pour
Drying slip
Starting to pour out the non-dried slip
Slip dripping upside down
Right side up, sprue has been scored to aid in drying
Starting to pull of top after slip drying process
Top is off!
Drying after top removed
Removing from mold the wrong way (turn mold upside down and have gravity help you)
Out of the mold
Craig cleaning
Heather cleaning
More Heather cleaning
Hello, gorgeous!
Drying on the rack
Drying on the rack 2
See you in the funny papers!
July 20th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Will they be glazed and fired?
July 20th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Indeed! Bisque fired, glazed, then fired to cone 6!
July 20th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
What are you using to clean up? Or are you all just working with a cocktail in one hand and a brush in the other?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Sponge, ramekin filled with clay-ish water, wood and plastic clay tools, brush, xacto knife.
The turntable is one of our lazy suzans upside-down with a plate on top. Ghetto ceramics!
we obviously need a georgies run.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
And yes, that’s a “Von Tiki,” from “Grog log” in Heather’s hand. Do drink and pott.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Love it. Now I wish I’d left my kiln another few months. I would have loved to see it in action! Where will you be firing these?
July 20th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Of course, if you left your kiln, I’ll be we wouldn’t have had a ceramic problem - you know murphy’s law and all that. I like how we turned Murphy upside down.
We’re bisque firing at Joe’s house and then our ceramicist will do the glaze/fire next week.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Awesome!!