[Ansteorra] question on ceramics and its history

[Clarissa di Firenze]

Some molding of small decorative attachments to pots was done in the  
15th century.  However, it wasn't slip casting, it was putting clay  
in a mold to shape it, then it was attached to the pot. I know of no  
documentation that says slip casting is period. However, If you are  
decorating your pottery pieces in a particular style (majoilica,  
etc), you can enter the decoration and not the pot itself.

Clarissa di Firenze

On Sep 23, 2005, at 12:12 AM, Cairenn Day wrote:

> There is a SCA pottery list.  Many very well informed folks on it.   
> Slip
> casting is very hard to document, many say it was not done in  
> period.  I
> know folks who say they have found documentation, but I've never been
> able to look at it.
>
> Even if you are doing slip casting, you can still use period style
> decoration on it. Then you can enter the decorating, instead of the
> pottery.
>
> Cairenn
>
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