Monday, August 30, 2010

Black Slip

Anyone got a good recipe they would like to share for a ^04 black slip?

7 comments:

Hollis Engley said...

I'll look in the Anderson Ranch recipe book and get back to ya.

Tracey Broome said...

Thanks Hollis! Gotta try out Brandon's brush and the black oxide isn't great.

Hollis Engley said...

OK, Trace. Here's one from Val Cushing's book of magic pottery information.

Sayre Black Vitreous Slip c/04
Redart .... 80 percent
EPK ......... 10
Talc ......... 10
Add:
Manganese Diox .... 4
Black Iron Ox ......... 12
Mason's Black Stain 5

Tracey Broome said...

Yum, this looks like a good one, thanks a bunch! I have Suzys black slip recipe but it turns green sometimes and I can't remember when that is....

Linda Starr said...

For making slip I use the most white clay or porcelain clay at the cone I want, I've done it for cone 10 and 5, and 6 and earthenware. I let it dry completely, then I slake it down in distilled water, then I mix really well with a spatula and then a mixer. then I strain it through a very fine strainer. for black I mix Mason stain 6600 in till I get the blackness I want to my eye. I mix each of my colors that way and put in baby food jars. I brush on greenware and fire in bisque, then clear or transparent and fire in the glaze load. In my latest firing I have a fern platter shown in the kiln in the last photo on my latest post. That's the black slip on terra cotta clay. I think the white clay gives the truest colors for the mason stains.

brandon phillips said...

for brushwork i use amaco's black velvet underglaze. it's awesome for brushwork, a little pricey though if you're wanting to cover large areas.

Tracey Broome said...

Well, I happen to have some black velvet underglaze! I'll give it a try.