slip casting
1slip casting — Slush casting by pouring slip into a plaster mold, and then leaving it until a thick skin forms inside the mold. The excess slip is poured out and the hollow cast left to harden. It was introduced into many European porcelain factories in the… …
2slip casting — noun the manufacture of ceramic ware by allowing slip to solidify in a mould. Derivatives slip cast adjective …
3slip casting — noun Etymology: slip (VII) : the process of forming ceramic ware by pouring slip into usually plaster molds …
4slip casting — a pottery making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold. [1900 05] * * * …
5slip — 1. v. & n. v. (slipped, slipping) 1 intr. slide unintentionally esp. for a short distance; lose one s footing or balance or place by unintended sliding. 2 intr. go or move with a sliding motion (as the door closes the catch slips into place;… …
6Slip (ceramics) — Phenician plate with red slip, 7th century BCE, excavated in Mogador island, Essaouira. Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum …
7slip — An opaque, creamy liquid made by mixing finely ground clay with water. Slip is an inevitable byproduct of working on a potter s wheel, its name having resulted from potters use of water to keep the spinning clay slippery as it s worked. It is… …
8slip — slip1 [slip] vi. slipped, slipping [ME slippen < MLowG, akin to OHG slifan < IE * (s)leib , to glide, slip < base * (s)lei , slimy: see SLIDE] 1. to go quietly or secretly; move without attracting notice [to slip out of a room] 2. a) to… …
9Slip-stitch knitting — is a family of knitting techniques that use slip stitches to make multiple fabrics simultaneously, to make extra long stitches, and/or to carry over colors from an earlier row. Contents 1 Basic methods 2 Double knitting with slip stitches 3… …
10Casting on (knitting) — In knitting, casting on is a family of techniques for adding new stitches that do not depend on earlier stitches, i.e., stitches having an independent lower edge. In principle, casting on is the opposite of binding off, but the techniques… …
