Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How to Make Porcelain Casting Slip Cone 6-10: GROLLEG (KAOLIN) 15% E.P.K. (KAOLIN) 25% TENN. #10 (BALL CLAY) 15% CUSTER (FELDSPAR) 25% SILICA (200 MESH) 20% 100% (total dry ingredients) Distilled water 35% (dry ingredients) Darvan #811 00.36% (dry ingredients) […]
Reclaiming Ceramic Slip – A How Too: Submitted by: Majik | Date Added: 21 Sep 2016 About: What to do with all the broken ware and trims from slip-casting? Simple,really. Reclaim it. More Details: Clay is a natural element and it can always be reclaimed to a liquid state for casting molds. It is important […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How To Wet Clean Porcelain Greenware: A process to clean porcelain greenware with water. Porcelain produces a very fine dust which can be bothersome to people with breathing problems or allergies. Though normally, one does not use water to clean […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! What Is Lace Draping?: An Almost Lost Art Lace Draping is an all-but-lost art form of turning lace into porcelain. This is done by saturating a cotton lace with liquid porcelain and attaching it to a porcelain figure. When fired, […]
History of porcelain and description Porcelain is the finest among all clays. It is the purest and finest textured clay found on earth. It is made from Kaolin clay and other minerals that was found in China around 700 AD. Most of the fine pottery and ceramic products were exported from the orient and they […]
What Is A Ceramic Mold: Submitted by: Majik | Date Added: 7 Nov 2014 About: What are ceramic molds made of? More Details: A ceramic mold is made of plaster. It is made to create a shape or object using clay or slip (liquid clay). A mold can have one piece, referred to as an […]
It all starts here. I have always told my students that even if you dip your ceramic piece in pure gold it is not worth two cents if you do not clean it properly to begin with. Good cleaning is the difference between ceramics as a craft and ceramics as an art. Even a beginner […]
The Basics It is not a good idea to load your items on the bottom of your kiln, you should use some short stilts and place one shelf over the bottom and then build up your shelves to heights needed. Try to load your kiln evenly, arranging items of the same height on each shelf. […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! About Greenware: What is Greenware? In a nutshell, greenware is raw clay. Clay that has not been fired or ‘baked’. Potters throw pots and until they are fired, they are greenware. It does not matter if an item has been […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How to Make Your Own Ceramic Slip – Part 2 The Mixer: Lesson Two in making your own low-fire ceramic casting slip You will need a good mixer, you can make your own or purchase something professionally made such as […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How to Make Your Own Ceramic Slip – Part 3 The Recipe: 13.5 gallons water 2 dry ounces Soda Ash 1.5 dry ounces Barium Carbonate (optional) 50 pounds KT OM 4 or 2 bags of KT-1-4 50 pounds of KT […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! What is Ceramic or Clay Slip?: What is ceramic casting slip? Primarily, ceramic slip is clay that has been thinned down with water and sometimes additional chemicals to be used for various purposes in the field of clay arts. It […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How To Make Your Own Ceramic Slip – Lesson 1 – The Basics: In the beginning…. So you think you want to make your own slip. Maybe it is because you want control, perhaps because finding ready made slip has […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! Making Wire Hooks for Christmas Ornaments: Nichrome wire 1/4″ rod or brush handle small needle nose pliers/cutters suitable wetware Christmas ornaments. There are many ways to hang ceramic Christmas ornaments but they all start in preparing the wetware. When casting […]
