| #160566 in Books | University of Pennsylvania Press | 2007-07-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.18 x.38 x6.38l,.79 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | ||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Very detailed and instructive book for the potter who would like to dip their toes into mold making!|By Cynthia G.|Slip casting by Sasha Wardell was recommended to me by a very experienced, professional ceramicist who makes dishes for restaurants using her own custom molds. The book provides several examples of how to make different types of slip casting plaster molds from drop|About the Author|Award-winning ceramicist Sasha Wardell is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association and the author of Porcelain and Bone China.
Best known as one of the most widely used industrial ceramic techniques, slipcasting has become increasingly attractive to individual artists and craftspersons. Slip, a water and clay solution, is poured into porous molds. As the mold absorbs water from the slip, a layer of clay forms a cast. The excess slip is removed from the mold and the cast is stiffened, removed, dried, and fired in a kiln. Since the molds can be based on anything from delicate sculpture to found...
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