Dave Finkelnburg on fri 17 mar 06
Lauren,
The answer, of course, is...it depends! :-)
This is my opinion only, not supported by any
evidence, but my hypothesis is you want to be able to
cut through a piece and an attachment and not be able
to tell where one ends and the other begins. Ideally
you would use NO attaching slip, but to do that you
need to join the pieces when they are pretty soft,
almost freshly thrown, or use water at the attachment
point.
IF the slip is a wet version of your clay body,
and you squeeze most of it out, then as it dries it
looks like the two parts it joins. BUT, if the slip
is fine clay, then the more you use the more likely it
is to have a different shrinkage than the parts on
either side and that doesn't make for a strong joint.
In my experience, less slip is better. However,
I work with soft clay. For hard slab construction it
seems like the dryer the pieces are that you want to
join the more likely you will want to use a fair
amount of slip to get a good attachment.
Good potting,
Dave Finkelnburg
--- Lauren Bellero wrote:
> i remember that too much slip is bad (can't remember
> the reason why),
> so it's possible i may be stingy when applying it
> (among other technique
> implementation problems!).
> so the question is: is it possible to use "too
> much" joining slip?
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