Particle size is the most important parameter in the production of ceramic products. The particle size must be optimised to ensure that the desired physical / mechanical properties are achieved. The ...

Here at Hackaday, we feature projects that are built of just about every material imaginable. Silicon-spangled fiber-reinforced epoxy resin is our primary medium, but we see plastic, wood, steel, ...

[Eric Strebel] doesn’t need an introduction anymore. If there is a picture of an elegantly designed part with a professional finish on our pages, there is a good chance he has a hand in it. This time ...

Slip Casting I is an introduction to slip casting ceramics. Slip casting is a method of producing multiple objects in ceramics. Students will learn how to translate their ideas, functional or ...

The Ceramic and Wet Studio is a facility dedicated to supporting art and design practices in ceramic and casting based processes. Other wet-based processes such as mold making, concrete casting, ...

This two-part, 8-week course will cover the basics of wood carving and an introduction to plaster mold making for slip cast ceramics. You will learn the basic techniques involved in chisel carving a ...

Slips are suspensions of one or more ceramic in a liquid, usually water, with a particle size of around 1µm and may be considered as a colloidal system. It is vital that there is control over the ...