Dyed Ceramics: Coloring Ceramic Paste

Overview

“With colored slips you can give wonderful finishes to your creations. We are going to learn how to color them with oxides and pigments.”

In this video lesson Paula Casella Biase addresses the topic: Slip dyeing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dyed Ceramics: Coloring Ceramic Paste. Learn to create unique colors for your pieces by dyeing ceramic pastes and engobes using oxides and pigments.

Partial transcription of the video

“Slip Dyeing Hello, in this lesson I will show you how to dye slip. Slip, I'll tell you a bit, in case you don't know, is used to decorate ceramic pieces. It is almost similar to glaze. We usually use it in pieces in a damp state, in a first firing, and then if we are interested, in a second firing we put a transparent glaze or another on top. But it is often used a lot to make decorations, to make sgraffito, many techniques that need carving, and to complete a first phase of the piece made with color. So slips are usually found commercially in various colors. There are many different slip c...”

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Course summary for: Dyed Ceramics: Coloring Ceramic Paste

• Level: Beginner
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