Vince Pitelka on thu 13 may 99
>I'm trying to get a grasp of slips ( puns always intended ).
>There is a message in the archives from Vince Pitelka
>( Feb 97) regarding ALL-TEMPERATURE WHITE BASE
>SLIP. He says:
> >If you are using slips for polychrome painting, these percentages
> >may not give intense enough colors. In that case you can boost the
> >opacifier in the base batch to 12%, and double or even triple the above
> >oxide percentages. Keep in mind that such powerfully-tinted slips would
> >only be appropriate for thin application, as in polychrome slip-painting.
>Is this then the definition of polychrome slip-painting -
>powerfully-tinted slips appropriate for thin application ? If anyone would
>care to share their experience I would appreciate it.
>And if I ever figure out the difference between engobe and slip
Leslie -
There is considerable disagreement in the definition of engobe, but I prefer
to think that an engobe is a specialized slip, adjusted to work on bone-dry
or bisque-fired wares. That's how I use the term.
Polychrome slip painting just means decoration with multiple colors of slip
(polychrome = many-color).
Good luck -
- Vince
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