A large, wide container used in traditional pottery production to dry liquid slip down to a workable, plastic clay consistency. Historically placed outdoors to utilize solar evaporation, these vats are sometimes equipped with artificial heating elements in indoor factory settings to speed up the dewatering process.
Heard on the job
Pump the reclaimed slip into the sun pan and turn on the heating coils so we have workable clay by Monday.
Also heard as
- drying pan