PORCELAINia
SLIP PREPARATION

A 25 pound block of Leach porcelain (right) is suspended in about five liters of water to form the white slip. Iron oxide
About 150 grams of red iron oxide (above) is suspended in about 325 milliliters of water and then mixed with about 1.5 Liters of white slip to form the dark slip. Shavings Shavings (left) from previous work are suspended in water to form the medium slip. All slip (white, medium, and dark) are passed through 100 mesh screen.
white,medium,dark From the slip (left) 40 tints of red iron oxide ranging from very light #1 to very dark #40 are made and contained in slip trailing bottles (right). slip

PREPARATION Slip Block Palettes Cylinder Palettes Tools Recyclables

EIGHT STAGES OF THE OCTAHEDRAL PORCELAIN PROCESS
Conceptualization Fabrication Equilibridization Sphericalization Sculpting Lid Fitting Drying Firing

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