Sarah and I experimented with clay slip and fabrics. We made a solution of water and clay to a consistencey or thick soup. We then proceeded to dip the pieces of lace, wool, and assorted fabrics into. We had to dip each piece numerous times to ensure the clay covered it.
We then hung up on lines via pegs to let the majority of it dry.
It was then fired, to which the fabrics burnt off and leave the casing of clay that covered it in its shape.
The above was a piece of calico, I love how it looks like fabrics due to its creases and texture it gives but has the hardness of ceramics.
The clay slip allowed us to produce shapes in the fabrics like the above was a pleat in a piece of lace
The above was wool and below was a section of a scarf. I really love how the clay slip picks up the detail of both, keeping the essence of the orginal object through its texture and look
However theese pieces we produced were very fragile partuculcularly the lace. We were advised that next time put it on a higher kiln setting to which it will hopefully make the pieces harder and more solid and also make the pieces look opaque (glass like). So we have produced others and time will tell if it fixes the fragility problem
We then hung up on lines via pegs to let the majority of it dry.
It was then fired, to which the fabrics burnt off and leave the casing of clay that covered it in its shape.
The fragile aspect of the material was definately a big problem,yet if you are very,very careful you can create a little art piece out of it.
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Though liquid clay after just been through one firing process is difficult to handle, it is also perfect in essence of showing a representation of memories and time.they are precious and if you are not careful the whole thing will crumble.
This is such a great post! Thank you for sharing. I'd love to know what kind of clay it was (stoneware/porcelain/earthenware) :-)
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