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Making Activities Project One for Schools with Ceramics Facilities: Decorating with Slips Suitable for Key Stage 2 and up (though it is recommended to work in small groups for Key Stage 2) Stage 1 Visit the exhibition. If possible, the Gallery or school should provide drawing boards, paper and coloured pencils. Look particularly at the work of: Jonna Behrens, Bernard Smith & Elly Wall If you have the opportunity look at the work of other established contemporary ceramicists who use slip including:Jean Paul Landreau, Josie Walter, Clive Bowen, John Pollex, Mary Wondrausch and in particular the historical dishes of Thomas Toft made in Staffordshire in the 17th Century. Students should make record sketches. Encourage them to look at the colours used, and record the different textures and designs. Ask them to try and work out how they were done. For example, has a colour been applied with a brush, or perhaps with a sponge? If there is a line, has it been painted, trailed on top or scratched through the surface?