In the last video, I showed you how to make colored slip.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to make plain slip.
Which is what most potters make the first time they make slip.
Hi Marie here back with another informative pottery slip video for you.
Slip is the glue that holds your pottery creations together.
From hand-building to attaching handles and more.
Slip is also used to decorate in many different ways.
When making slip you want it smooth with the consistency of yogurt.
There are times that you may need a thinner slip. For that just
add a little water at a time until you get the thickness that you need for your
project. Everything you need to make slip is
listed below in the show notes for you. Let's make some slip.
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and stay dirty my friend.
Start with a smooth hard surface.
You want to use a thick plastic bag the ones that your clay comes in works
really well. I'm using this clear baggie so you can see the clay better.
Before you place the scraps in the bag make sure you wear your Dust Mask. Always
wear a Dust Mask when working with clay dust.
Then place your clay scraps in the bag. As a beginner
you want to keep your clay bodies separate.
You can choose a mallet or a hammer I prefer a mallet,
it covers more ground. Put my Mask on now.
Flatten out your clay and start pounding
away.
Once the pieces are broken down you can use a rolling pin
to make smaller pieces.
Once you have the clay broken down in little pieces place it
in a tall container like this,
and make sure and put your Dust Mask on.
Now add some warm water. Warm water breaks the clay down faster than cold
water.
Wait a few moments for the clay to absorb the water a bit.
After a few minutes, you can stir with a
spatula.
Make sure you get the clay that's on the bottom and that all the clay is wet.
I want it to make slip fast and with as little effort as possible and this
blender is what I'll be using for now on. Keep in mind these blenders are made for
food, and not chunks of clay so if it happens
to break which I doubt it will happen because
it's so powerful. Don't send it back with false pretenses
just buy another one and be careful next time.
Now
stop and stir with the spatula and add more water if needed,
and you can blend again.
Don't add too much at a time you don't want your
clay to get too thin.
As you can see it blends the clay into smooth slip.
If you want to look at this blender or a few others I left a link for you in the
show notes.
Now place your slip through a strainer.
Fill your strainer up and just give it a few taps.
Nice and smooth.
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if they want to make slip. Pretty good.
Now the slip has a consistency of yogurt which is best for scoring and slipping
your pieces together. I have found the best way to store slip
is in a plastic bag. Storing slip in plastic bags cuts off
the oxygen and helps to stop the growth of mold.
You can use a little container to help keep the plastic bag up.
Every potter needs slip and having some slip set aside makes it easier to
complete your projects. Slip is great for decorating and
necessary for attaching clay pieces together.
Everything needed to make slip is listed below for you in the show notes.
When you like, subscribe, and watch my other videos,
you support this channel and help me make more videos like this one.
You can also go to pottery crafters where I have a slip trailing article for
you. If you want to add color to your slip
head on over to this How to Make Colored Clay Slip Video or
How to Recycle Bone Dry Clay Video. If you do I get to play with more clay.
Let's stay dirty.