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Ready to dry off and go into the kiln now. It's always exciting to reach this stage.

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How I mix my slip.

I spent the weekend house cleaning, making up for the last three months of frenzied sculpting. It was amazing how much of the contents of my studio had become scattered throughout my house. Everything is back in place now, which feels freeing. On top of all the cleaning I managed to make time to mix myself a double batch of casting slip to get ready for another round of slip casting tableware. I got another check in the mail yesterday from one of my galleries and it made me realize that I really need to get some more work out. (I like that extra money coming in.) Since I mixed the slip I thought I would let you know how I make my casting slip. I got the recipe several years ago from Ceramics Monthly (November 2008, p.57). In case you can't read this it says: UARTS CLAY BODY Nepheline Syenite ............................23% Grolleg (English Kaolin) .................55% Flint (silica) ..................................... .22% ...

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