Slip Casting at the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-On-Trent, England

The clay that is used to make your favourite pieces of Emma Bridgewater pottery will have travelled from Wales, Cornwall and Staffordshire.

It is mixed up in huge quantities in the factory, in a machine rather like a giant food processor, and the slip casting technique that is used to create our beautiful shapes is time consuming and complicated.

Bigger shapes take longer to cast than the smaller shapes, so casting a teapot is a more time consuming process than casting a baby mug, for example. Click on the link to our video opposite and watch the process by which we produce those special personalised pieces.

And dont forget that you can come and visit us in our factory in Stoke on Trent all year round. It makes a great day out for children and grown-ups, and wed love to see you. Visit us at www.emmabridgewater.co.uk for more information.

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[ScoochNWilly]

This was pleasant. I found the description of the consistencies to be especially pleasing.

[lbchagas]

Nice video and very instructive too. I'm going to share it with my students! Thank you!