Slip (ceramics)

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Slip in a ceramic context is made by mixing clays and other minerals with water and usually a deflocculant such as sodium silicate. The addition of a defloculant allows the water content to be kept to a minimum which reduces the amount of shrinkage when slipcasting. The mixing can be by hand or more usually in a blunger.

Slip can be used decoratively when placed onto the leather-dry clay body surface by dipping, painting or splashing, this is often described as slipware.