Decorating with Slip

Slip is a versatile and wonderful part of ceramics. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware. We made slip for attaching clay parts to each other aka slipping and scoring in class last week. This slip is not used for decorating. Decorating with slip that has colorants and/or other materials to make it flow and form to your pieces is a great way to paint your surface and get color and drawings on you forms. It can be used to create contrasting imagery or designs on your surface.

Here is a video from ceramic arts daily.
Remember a variety of brushes will give you more line variation. Best when applied to leatherhard ware. Building layers of color and scraping back or etching through drawings works well too! Stamps and stencils can give you more ideas to work with as well.

Here are some examples on Pinterest. More info during my demo in class.