--- On Tue, 11/2/10, MIB 0123 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: MIB 0123 <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [gurps] A question about Bricks > To: "The GURPSnet mailing list" <[email protected]> > Received: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 3:07 PM > > On Nov 02, 2010, at 09:54, Susan Koziel wrote: > > > I know no one who glazes brick. > > That would be a waste of money. > > *Now* it is a considered a waste, not in the past. > And the Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, etc. often used > glazed bricks. Mind you, I don't know any of them > personally either... > > > Slip is not glaze. > > Actually, modern glaze for ceramics is not slip, but slip > can produce a glassy finish which is pretty much the > definition of glaze. >
Hmmm... as far as I knew slip was clay (usually the same clay you used to make the pot, otherwise you get improper shrinkage, cracking, and flaking), water, and sometimes colourant (usually an oxide - for an oxidizing fire). Which can either be mixed in with the clay while it's still wet or brushed on (while the clay is still wet). The key being that it is only applied while the clay is wet. Glaze, and underglaze is that which is put on the pot after it has been bisqued, or in the case of salt glazing it's put into the hot kiln. Oxides can be painted on at any point thoughout the process. Do you have a recipe for slip that produces a glassy finish? - if so I'd love a copy. -Sue _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
