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Julie demonstrating plaster mixing for mould making
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Making sure the mould is level
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Filling the mould
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Participants levelling moulds
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Pouring Limoges slip into the moulds
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Trimming the top of a slipcast form
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Seam Ripper – great for trimming porcelain edges
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Shellac painted on porcelain as a resist before rubbing back with a damp sponge
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Dremel drill in action; ink lines used as a guide
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Plate divider stencil
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APT-II Enhancer will thicken all brands of slip and clay bodies, enabling the ceramist to attach, mend and create surface decorations. This process can be performed on greenware, bisque or finished glazed pieces. APT-II Enhancer is an acrylic emuls
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Trimming the edge of the slip cast form; ink lines used as a guide
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Julie making a mould using paper plaster
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Paper plaster: plaster with soaked toilet paper added
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Adding paper plaster to the mould after milk coat
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Drying a layer of coloured slip
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Coloured clay inlay; finished piece by Julie Shepherd
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Carved surface: lines carved into a layer of coloured slip
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Surface carved, then coloured slip is painted on so it fills the indents
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The group at Newcastle Potters
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A sample by Julie: slip-trailed dots using thick slip and a slip trailer
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Julie using her fingers to push slip into the slip trailer
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Scraping off the coloured slip to reveal sgraffito lines
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Use successively smoother wet & dry paper to smooth off the burrs left by drilling
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Drilled bisque form before sanding
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Julie sanding a drilled bisqued form; immerse in water and use Wet & Dry
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A sanded surface against an unsanded surface
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Preparing porcelain forms for firing: forms and rings for support
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Multiple-layered coloured porcelain: carving reveals the layers
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Julie painting slips directly into the plaster mould
