Slipcasting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel uncountable
  2. 2
    A piece of pottery made by this technique countable

    "It takes about a week and a half from the time you select the model you want copied till you have twenty slipcastings completed, fired, and ready for paint."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of slipcast form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"It takes about a week and a half from the time you select the model you want copied till you have twenty slipcastings completed, fired, and ready for paint."

Etymology

From slip + casting.

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