How to decorate a slab bowl with slip decoration

This video covers a few different aspects of making with clay. It starts with how to use a bowl you have at home as a mould to make a slab built bowl. It then looks at two different slip decoration methods: sgraffito and slip trailing. Both methods use coloured decorating slip on leather hard clay (before it's completely dry and goes in the kiln). Sgraffito is where you put a layer of coloured slip on the surface then scratch through to the clay beneath to make a pattern or drawing. Slip trailing is exactly as it sounds, trailing slip across the surface using something like a squeezy bottle, a bit like piping icing. Both are great decorative techniques to put colour on your clay before it goes in a kiln. For the full hand building basics that you can learn at your own pace check out my beginners course at https://parmstrongceramics.co.uk/product/beginners-clay-hand-building For more inspiration and support check out my online membership! https://parmstrongceramics.co.uk/online-membership Along with all my regular videos you get a fabulous, friendly clay chat community and monthly extended videos as well as supportive resources and useful links 😊 If you're looking for some fantastic potters accessories including hoodies, t'shirts, aprons and water bottles check out my merchandise at https://parmstrongceramics.co.uk/product-category/potters-accessories/ The clay I use is in my videos is Potterycrafts raku modelling clay https://www.potterycrafts.co.uk/Products/pottery-crank-raku-sculpture-clays/P1361 It’s a fantastic beginners hand building clay! The brands of brush on glazes that I use at the studio include Amaco, Mayco, Terracolor, Spectrum, Potterycrafts, Scarva, Vitraglaze (hot clay) and Duncan. I’m based in the UK and suppliers I use regularly for glazes, tools, slips, etc. are: • www.potterycrafts.co.uk • www.potclays.co.uk • www.scarva.com (I love their Nano slips!) • www.bathpotters.co.uk • www.corbykilns.co.uk