Sloppy Slip and Slippy Slop!

I didn't realise until some time after that my last post was actually my 100th post! Go me!

So anyway, this past week seems to have gone by fairly quickly without me actually accomplishing very much. I did make myself some slip for slip trailing though, which was an interesting and very messy experience!

Previously I had broken up some drying clay into small pieces and soaked them in water in a large bowl. Last week I finally got round to blending it in the blender to give it a smoother consistency.

Improvising, as I often do, I thought this unused sauce bottle would be suitable for the slip, seeing as the nozzle in the second hand slip bulb that I have is big enough to pass an egg through! (Ok, slight exaggeration, but you get my point)

Unfortunately, it seems the nozzle on the sauce bottle wasn't much better! I need two things - a finer nozzle and a lot of practice! Just look at those splats on the top right hand corner!




The remaining unblended slop was laid out on a piece of plaster board to firm up enough to wedge and re-use. It took days!


I now finally have a ball of soft clay to use for the dish to go under my plant pot! But now I am waiting until I have a finer nozzle to decorate it with!


In other news
I started back at class last night, with my new tutor. More about that next time!