Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting

Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting for a teapot. Richard is featured in the Landscape episode of Craft in America, which premiered in May 2007 on PBS.

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18 thoughts on “Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting”

  1. Beverly Morrison

    I want to know how you make the molds for these.

  2. i think the term is adsorb (notice not absorb…) those are some nice looking molds!

    1. Ben Cusack

      Prolly the internet or local art suppliers, but more commonly you can just use clay and water, and put it in a blender to create The liquid clay, which is called slip.

  3. P Huster

    I like your tutorial, but am missing some information.. For this size plaster mold, how long do you leave the slurry in? What temperature is your shop? And, last but not least, if I had molds twice as large, what would change?

  4. dekonfrost7

    Where does one buy a mold for jewelry crucibles slip casting?

  5. Syafiq Ahmad

    Do you know what are the factors that affecting casting rate/time?

  6. Anthony Petrone

    This is great. Especially the idea with the glass lids and spraying them to get the pieces moist until ready to be dealt with.

    As for the other comments here, Jesus Christ are they generic. People would rather wait for someone to maybe answer rather than do a simple google search. Fucking A

  7. wasabitear

    Thank you for sharing this inside look into the artist’s working process. Would love to have seen his technique for joining these separate elements to form the final piece.

  8. Skid Chill

    4:28 Love how they just cut him off here. Things were starting to get pretentious! 😂

  9. John King

    🤔 Are you ready to deal with different Slip Mediums?
    I could tell you how to work with Stone if you like…
    Could be profitable IF you’re open to it.
    Won’t bore you with the details unless you’re open to accepting New Concepts and Ideas.
    Note: You’re Not the Only One I’m reaching out to.
    Show me your Worth and Willingness and I’ll show you a “New” medium to work with.

  10. Md Ashraful Alam

    How much time stay from 1st. layer to second layer.

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