Monday, June 22, 2009

How to color and use liquid porcelain clay?

After showing a few times how to make a mould, I thought it was time to show you how to use a mould with liquid porcelain clay. I will also let you know how to color the clay.

Here is what you need: liquid porcelain clay (I poored it in a washing liquid container so that is easier to use), a mould, a glas jar or two, a filler with a sieve, oxide or stains, a sponge and two flat wooden sticks.
First we will color a bit of liquid porcelain clay. Put a bit into a jar.
Add oxide to it.
Stir it a bit an put it through a filler with a sieve so there is no lumps in the clay left and that the oxide is solved well.
Poor it back into the jar so that it has been sieved twice.
When it's ready, poor a bit of the colored porcelain slib into the mould and twist it around a bit.
Then fill the mould with white porcelain clay.
Let is set for 10 minutes.
Poor the liquid clay back into the container.
Put the mould upside down on the flat wooden sticks.
Cut with a knife the edge of the cup away and turn the mould around on the wooden sticks.
After a while, you see that the edges of the clay will come loose from the mould.
Turn it around and the cup will fall out of the mould. Let it stay there for a while until it is a bit dry because it's still soft. Then take a wet sponge and rub it softly around the edges so to get the sharp edges away.
Now let it dry slowly & then fire it.

20 comments:

  1. Ah! All I wanted to say is the same what Inger did *lol*
    Mitsy! You know how cruel your tutorials are in real, right? :D

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  2. that is so cool! really want to learnt o work with porcelain!!

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  3. What a wonderful demonstration! If I had a kiln--oops, everyone is saying that, If....

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  4. Great tutorial! I love the way the colours edge at each other so softly :) It's a beautiful shape too. Thanks. K

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  5. art, I want to make my hands dirty now..but yes, not much point without a kiln...

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  6. great tutorial mitsy! One day i'd love to own a kiln and try out all these wonderful things.

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  7. very helpful thanks :D Really going to have to try this out when college starts up :)

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  8. yup, I'm with the others..oh for a kiln. Great tutorial, thanks! x

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  9. I look forward to the tutorials on this blog and this proves to be another great one! Thanks for sharing once again!

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  10. Thanks for the lesson! Wonderful...
    David

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  11. can you make liquid porcelain? Or do you have to buy it?

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  12. Renovia, the porcelain clay I use here I bought ready made but there are numerous recipes out there to make it yourself. It's much cheaper and supereasy to make. You just have to weigh some ingredients and put them together. :)

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  13. This is a great tutorial. Mitsy, you made this so detailed and understandable for layman like me to follow. Great! I need a kiln now.

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  14. Great tutorial as always! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  15. I love seeing how you make things. Forget cookery programmes - I'd rather watch people making things all day!

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  16. Now I cannot stay away from commenting. This is amazing and I have learnt everything here. Can I please mention a link of yours to my blog 'coz I am doing some clay tags.

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  17. hello ive found this so helpful, and am just wondering where would be the best place to buy liquid porcelain? are there any online shops you would recommend? i have been looking around but cant seem to find anywhere to buy iy from. any help would be really appreciated

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  18. Is you google 'buy porcelain slip'I'm sure you'll find numerous places. Here's one in the UK:
    http://www.potterycrafts.co.uk/Products/0003000b0001
    You can make it yourself too if you mix powders together. I might do another tutorial on that sometime soon.

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