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, →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

• slipcasting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

slipcasting

1. present participle and gerund of slipcast