slipcasting

English

Alternative forms

  • slip casting
  • slip-casting

Etymology

From slip +‎ casting.

Noun

slipcasting (plural slipcastings)

  1. (uncountable) A technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel
  2. (countable) A piece of pottery made by this technique
    • 1989, Thurston James, The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook‎[1], →ISBN, page 85:
      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.

See also

Verb

slipcasting

  1. present participle and gerund of slipcast
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