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Slip casting, or slipcasting, is a ceramic forming technique for pottery and other ceramics, specially for shapes not hands made on a bike.^[one] In this method, a liquid dirt body sideslip (usually mixed in a blunger) is poured into plaster moulds and allowed to grade a layer, the cast, on the within walls of the mould. The process unremarkably takes at to the lowest degree 24 hours per piece.^{[ii] [three]} Information technology gives very precise and consistent shapes, and is now the well-nigh common technique used for commercial mass-produced pottery,^{[4] [5]} although it began as a technique for fine pottery such as European porcelain in the 1750s,^[6] and Chinese Jingdezhen porcelain considerably earlier.

The type of clay body suited for slip casting differs from that for throwing.^[ii] It is essential to brand a good quality casting sideslip to get an intended result. The beliefs of the slip will depend on multiple factors, including the types and proportions of h2o, clay, other chemicals, and deflocculant used; temperature, humidity and other local conditions; and the amount of free energy involved in mixing the ingredients together to form a suspension. The process of changing a slurry from something thick and gooey to something sparse and pourable that can be used in slip casting is called deflocculation. The process by which particles come out of the interruption is called flocculation.^{[seven] [8] [9]}

The technique is suited to the production of complex shapes, especially if with relief decoration and thin walls. Much modern fine factory porcelain is made by the technique, very frequently the entire production. It is also commonly used for sanitaryware, such every bit toilets and basins, and smaller pieces like figurines and teapots.^{[x] [eleven]} The technique can also be used for modest production runs or to produce limited edition, one off objects, specially reproductions of antiquarian dolls and modern porcelain doll-making.^[12]

Technical considerations [edit]

Accurately measuring the viscosity and specific gravity of a sideslip is important for determining whether information technology is properly mixed and ready to use. The specific gravity should exist measured and adapted before making adjustments to the viscosity.^[xiii] The corporeality of time needed to form a casting will vary with the type of slip used in the casting.^[14]

Part of a mould for making a teapot

Removing the last parts of a mould from a slip casting

In a solid cast mould, ceramic objects such equally handles and plates are surrounded by plaster on all sides with a reservoir for sideslip, and are removed when the solid slice is held within. For a hollow cast mould, for objects such equally vases and cups, in one case the plaster has absorbed most of the liquid from the outside layer of clay the remaining slip is poured off for later use. After a menses for further absorption of water, the cast piece is removed from the mould one time information technology is leather-hard, that is, firm enough to handle without losing its shape. Information technology is and so "fettled" (trimmed neatly) and allowed to dry further, usually overnight or for several hours. This produces a greenware slice which is then prepare to be decorated, glazed and fired in a kiln.^[x]

As a processing technique for ceramic laminates, a ceramic powder is oftentimes placed in suspension to form a slip with a high solids content (>60 wt%) also every bit a very low viscosity value (<40 mPa). The suspension is poured into a porous mold. As the mold dries, a solid particulate layer is formed on the mold through deposition of the solids in the sideslip. A series of ceramic layers can be formed by changing the composition of the slips used in repeated castings. If the chemistry of the materials being used is well understood, the thickness of the layers can be controlled by varying the length of time involved in the casting.^[15]

An additive with deflocculant properties, such as sodium silicate, can be added to the slip to disperse the raw material particles. This allows a higher solid content to be used, or allows a fluid slip to exist produced with a minimum of h2o so that drying shrinkage is minimised, which is of import during slip casting.^[16]

Slipware [edit]

Slip cast ware, objects that are formed using slip casting, should not exist confused with slipware, pottery that is formed by any technique and and then decorated using slip.^[17] The French for slip is barbotine (coulée en barbotine ways slip casting). Equally far back every bit the Roman empire, potters created what is termed "Barbotine ware" by using clay sideslip to decorate the surface of pots.^[18] "Barbotine pottery" is sometimes used for 19th century French and American pottery with added slip cast ornament,^[xix] as well every bit (confusingly) 17th English slipware that is decorated with thick blobs of skid.^[xx]

References [edit]

1. ^ Morgenthal, Deborah; Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E., eds. (2008). The Penland Book of Ceramics: Master Classes in Ceramic Techniques. New York: Distraction Books; Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 72. ISBN978-1-60059-275-one . Retrieved sixteen October 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b} Martin, Andrew (2006). The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting. New York: Lark Books; Sterling Publishing Company. pp. 117–143. ISBN978-1-60059-077-1 . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
3. ^ "Glossary of Ceramic Terms | Walker Ceramics". Walker Ceramics Australia . Retrieved sixteen Oct 2021.
4. ^ Rijke, Jenny (March four, 2020). "Slip Casting Molds: What are they, why apply them and how to achieve different aesthetics". Jenny RIjke . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
5. ^ Toma, McKenzie (August 29, 2018). "What Even Is Slipcasting?". East Fork . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
6. ^ Paxton, John Fifty.; Fairfield, Sheila (eighteen June 1980). Calendar of Creative Homo. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 273. ISBN978-ane-349-02577-0 . Retrieved sixteen October 2021.
7. ^ "Deflocculation". DigitalFire.com Reference Library . Retrieved sixteen Oct 2021.
8. ^ Gadow, Rainer; Kern, Frank (ane January 2014). "2.06 - Advanced Manufacturing of Difficult Ceramics". Comprehensive Hard Materials. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 207–230. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-096527-seven.00025-8. ISBN978-0-08-096528-4.
9. ^ Wandless, Paul Andrew. "How to Make Casting Sideslip from Your Clay Body - A Simple Technique". Ceramic Arts Network Daily . Retrieved 16 Oct 2021.
10. ^ ^{a b} Osborne, Harold (1975). The Oxford companion to the decorative arts. Oxford: Clarendon Printing. p. 746. ISBN0198661134.
11. ^ Bhargava, A. Chiliad. (2012). Engineering Materials : polymers, ceramics and composites (2nd ed.). New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. p. 196. ISBN9788120346215 . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
12. ^ "Casting Your Miniature Doll Molds". Cynthis Howe Miniatures . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
13. ^ "Reference Guide To Making and Adjusting Casting Slip". The Ceramic Shop . Retrieved 16 Oct 2021.
14. ^ "Slip-casting for beginners". ClayCraft. xvi November 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
15. ^ Chan, Helen M. (August 1997). "LAYERED CERAMICS: Processing and Mechanical Behavior". Almanac Review of Materials Science. 27 (1): 249–282. Bibcode:1997AnRMS..27..249C. doi:x.1146/annurev.matsci.27.one.249. ISSN 0084-6600. Retrieved xv October 2021.
16. ^ Singer, Felix; Vocaliser, Sonja S. (1971). Industrial Ceramics. London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN9788120401624.
17. ^ Hamer, Frank; Hamer, Janet (23 June 2004). The Potter's Lexicon of Materials and Techniques. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Printing. pp. 333–334. ISBN978-0-8122-3810-5 . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
18. ^ Cooper, Emmanuel (2000). 10 K Years of Pottery. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 52. ISBN978-0-8122-3554-8 . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
19. ^ Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney; Eidelberg, Martin; Spinozzi, Adrienne (25 September 2018). American Art Pottery: The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Fine art. p. 43. ISBN978-one-58839-596-2.
20. ^ "Pottery - 17th-century slipware". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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