Slips, Engobes and Terra Sigillatas - Alfred's Clay Store

Formulating slips• A slip can be made by using the clay body itself,minus any large fillers (i.e.. No grog)• Advantage– Compositionally very similar to body• CTE is almost identical to body• Drawbacks– Slip must be applied to very wet clay to avoid cracking– Slip can’t be lighter in color than the body withoutradically changing the sources of clay• To improve on these limitations and to tailor theslip to our need, we often include other ingredientsin a slip