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What is slip casting?

Pouring liquid clay into a plaster mold.

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Why: Slip casting pours liquid clay, called slip, into an absorbent plaster mold. It suits complex shapes other methods cannot form.

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Slip casting lets the clay take a mold shape.
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Answer: Pouring liquid clay into a plaster mold. Slip casting pours liquid clay, called slip, into an absorbent plaster mold. It suits complex shapes other methods cannot form.

  1. Pottery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery
    A liquid slip, made by mixing clay body with water, is poured into a highly absorbent plaster mould.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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