Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ceramic Slips and Paints
Course Code: MDA225
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To create a suitable slip and paint for the ceramic body, to investigate its usability on the bodies suitable for cooking temperatures. To determine the ratio and raw materials to be used in the prepared slip recipes, to recognize the properties of cored and non-essential raw materials and color oxides used in the slip, to define the effects of raw materials on the slip and paint.

Course Content

To develop primer and paint recipes in different compositions, to calculate the recipes according to the specified primer type, experimenting with different primer compositions. Use of ceramic primer, ceramic glaze and ceramic paints, their preparation and properties.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Mehmet ÇELİK
Learning Outcomes
1.Determine the rate and raw materials to be used in the prepared slip recipes
2.Can develop slip and paint recipes in different compositions
3.Apply the slips and paints that they research on ceramic surfaces
4.Evaluate their research
5.Supporting with designs by determining the place of ceramic in the history of culture and establishing its connection with contemporary art
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Arcasoy Ateş, Ceramic Technology, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Publications, Istanbul, 1983
2.Çobanlı Zehra, Ceramic Slips, Anadolu University Press, Eskisehir, 1996
3.Cooper Emmanuel, Ceramics and Pottery, Remzi Bookstore, Istanbul, 1978
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Core and non-core raw materials used in the slip and the properties of dyes oxides
Week 2 - Theoretical
Core and non-core raw materials used in the slip and the properties of dyes oxides
Week 3 - Theoretical
Slip types and properties
Week 4 - Theoretical
Preparation of prescriptions for the selected slip types
Week 5 - Practice
Weighing and grinding recipes
Week 6 - Practice
Weighing and grinding recipes
Week 7 - Practice
Firing of prepared slips in different firing atmospheres
Week 8 - Practice
Firing of prepared slips in different firing atmospheres (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Tests applied to ceramic slips
Week 10 - Practice
Slip errors and their correction
Week 11 - Practice
Preparation of ceramic surfaces where slips will be applied
Week 12 - Practice
Preparation of ceramic surfaces where slips will be applied
Week 13 - Practice
Preparation of products to be slipped
Week 14 - Practice
Replication of positive slip prescriptions and their application on three-dimensional ceramic surfaces
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice140228
Project241028
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
PÇ-16
PÇ-17
OÇ-1
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
OÇ-3
4
3
OÇ-4
4
3
OÇ-5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026