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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4261714, member: 8267"]No, this figure is not slip cast. It is hand modeled, built up with small clay elements (although some elements may have been made with simple molds). The hole is to allow hot gases to escape from the hollow portions of the body during firing, as [USER=10193]@jingyel[/USER] said. Your figure was probably inspired by the Mayan ceramic figurines found on Jaina Island. The touches of blue color imitate a unique pigment produced by Mayan artisans made by heating indigo and palygorskite, known as "Maya blue". </p><p><br /></p><p>A slip cast figure would typically be made of a higher fired ceramic (not terracotta/earthenware, like your figure), would have thin walls that follow the exterior contours, and have a larger hole in the base. They are created by pouring slip (a liquid slurry of clay) into a mold, letting it set for awhile, and then pouring the excess liquid back out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4261714, member: 8267"]No, this figure is not slip cast. It is hand modeled, built up with small clay elements (although some elements may have been made with simple molds). The hole is to allow hot gases to escape from the hollow portions of the body during firing, as [USER=10193]@jingyel[/USER] said. Your figure was probably inspired by the Mayan ceramic figurines found on Jaina Island. The touches of blue color imitate a unique pigment produced by Mayan artisans made by heating indigo and palygorskite, known as "Maya blue". A slip cast figure would typically be made of a higher fired ceramic (not terracotta/earthenware, like your figure), would have thin walls that follow the exterior contours, and have a larger hole in the base. They are created by pouring slip (a liquid slurry of clay) into a mold, letting it set for awhile, and then pouring the excess liquid back out.[/QUOTE]
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