Meanings
plural slipcastings · alternative slip casting · alternative slip-casting
- uncountableA technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel
- countableA piece of pottery made by this technique
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.
1989, Thurston James, The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook, →ISBN, page 85
alternative slip casting · alternative slip-casting
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slipcast
Origin
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