Mocha Diffusion Ceramics Recipe

I have also posted more information and the slip recipe below excerpted from robin s classic book making.

Mocha diffusion ceramics recipe. Pottery with mocha diffusion decoration is also referred to as mochaware. Today i am sharing an excerpt from a video by the late robin hopper in which he demonstrates how to do mocha diffusion as well as his slip dotting technique. Saved by caitlin dowling. This is from the robin hopper making marks dvd which we have at the studio for members who want to see it.

Pottery tools pottery wheel glazes for pottery ceramic pottery ceramic art pottery lessons pottery. 2 while the surface is still wet brush the acid color mix over it to create the mocha diffusion effect. Slipware decoration mocha diffusion and slip dotting pottery more on mocha diffusion in this technique. It sounds like a yummy coffee drink but mocha diffusion is a surface decoration developed and used in the southwest of england now made famous by kevin s viral videos.

This basic slip recipe will fit most clay bodies and can easily be colored with various stains or oxides. Clays with a high degree of sand or grog in them sometimes are prone to cracking from the extra wetting of the slip. This video shows you how to do a surface technique on clay called mocha diffusion. This shows you what supplies you will need and how to do the process.

1 dip brush or pour colored slips over the surface of the pot and keep them wet and fluid. Pottery video of the week. Below is from ceramics arts daily post today on april 29. Mocha diffusions traditionally were done on both red and white earthenware but they can be done on almost any clay body and fired at almost any temperature.

Mocha diffusion is a pottery painting technique that involves a chemical reaction between an acid and a base liquid. Suitable clays and slips for mocha diffusion.