Sheffield Pottery Casting Slip
We offer a growing variety of ceramic casting slips, castable mortars, castable USG plasters and other slip casting supplies for artists, potters, and industrial applications. Shop our selection of ceramic casting slips below
You will find below: White and terra cotta earthenware casting slips, our white stoneware slip for cone 6, and porcelain casting slips for mid-fire and high-fire. We offer these ceramics casting slips in 3.5-gallon containers.
We also make custom casting slip to your exact specifications.
Inquire for custom casting slip pricing and larger quantities.
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Pottery and Ceramic Casting Slip:
SHEFFIELD RED CERAMIC CASTING SLIP:
This red casting body is based on our Sheffield clay. It has been used to produce our own pottery for over 60 years. Our slip has medium quick casting time with excellent releasing qualities and wet strength. The scraps are easily reconstituted. This ceramic casting slip is deflocculated with water glass and soda ash, and is salmon color at 06, dark red at 03.
MASS WHITE CERAMIC CASTING SLIP:
This is an excellent quick casting and dependable white slip casting body that has remained unchanged for 25 years. Very strong wet and greenware stages. It is deflocculated with Darvan 7, and is white in color at cone 06 - 02.
We also carry a variety of Pottery Plasters from USG...Click Here for all of your slip mold making needs.
We also supply Bentonite, sand, fireclays, and many other materials used by artists and craftsmen to create castings. See our Raw Materials Section.
Bulk discounts are available. Please contact us for more information and to arrange economical delivery of large quantities.
OUR PROCESS
Natural Sheffield Clay is mined on our property from as seen at one of the open clay pits. The Sheffield Clay deposit is located in Sheffield, Massachusetts, on U.S. Route 7 in the Southwest corner of Berkshire County.