Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

SYRINGE

ca: XERINGUES

es: JERINGAS

Syringe The first two photos a) and b) are syringes for medical use and the last two c) and d) are tubes for icing and decorating cakes.

The tube is filled up with a thick liquid, the handle is pushed down and the disk at the bottom pushes the liquid out through the nozzle. They are used for putting on colors and glazes, filling up a space in the slip and also for dry cord methods.
Read more about: Glaze-base textures / Glaze-base textures with colors