Susie Stephenson

Slip Recipes

Sally Brogden, University of Tennessee, April 2010

Sally's 04 Bisque Slip

EPK 5 Tile 6 10 Frit 3124 30 Talc 10 Flint 25 Glomax 5 Zircopax* 15 (white) Stains 15 Iron Oxide 15 (burgundy) *Omit zircopax with black stain. ABF Sticks To Anything

White Slip cone 10 EPK 50 OM4 Ball 50 Flint 50 Cornwall stone 25 Neph syenite 25 Ultrox 5 Frit3195 5 colorants Cobalt Carb. 5 Cobalt Carb. 1 Chrome Oxide 8 Red Iron Oxide 5 Iron Chromate 4 Pwd. Manganese Diox. 3 Cobalt Carbonate 2

Stephenson Easy 04

Underglaze OM4 Ball 1/3 Stain 1/3 3195 or 3124 1/3 John Stephenson’s 04

Texture Slip

OM4 8.3 Talc 1.5 Fire Clay 8.3 Custer 3 Pyrphylite 1.7

04 Vitreous Engobe

3124 30 Neph Sey 10 OM4 25 6 Tile 10 Flint 15 Stains 6-8

Frank Martin’s Cement Patch Cone 04-03

Ball 250 Kaolin 250 Fritt #3110 150 Talc 150 Flint 200 Borax 100-200 Directions: Dry mix. Then add water in small increments until desired consistency is reached. To achieve a hard surface before glazing, add sodium silicate to harden cement. You will need to experiment with the amount of sodium silicate to get desired hardness.

Archie Bray Sticks to Anything White Slip Cone 04-10

EPK 50 OM4 Ball Clay 50 Flint 50 Cornwall Stone 25 Neph Sey 25 Ultrox 5 Fritt #3195 5 Matt’s Terra Sig Cone 04-10 Grolleg Kaolin 4000g Water 28 cups Calgon 40 g Let age 2-4 weeks before using GBK Texture Slip #1 Cone 04 (over bisque) Gerstely Borate 25 Superpax 40 Whiting 20 EPK 15 GBK Texture Slip #2 Cone 04 (over bisque) Gerstely Borate 30 Superpax 40 Whitingv 20 EPK 10