3 Smart and Simple Bisque Clay Hump Mold Techniques
Making your own bisque slump or hump molds is probably the easiest and most accessible way to get into mold … Read More
Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression. Not only does ceramic mold making enable you to repeat a form over and over again, it also makes individual forms lose their preciousness, which frees you up to experiment more! Making your own custom ceramic molds will help you break out of your comfort zone in the studio and grow as an artist.
Here, you’ll learn how to make ceramic molds, as well as how to use them. Browse through our archive of articles to find a variety of techniques from making plaster molds for slip casting and press molding, to making bisque clay hump or slump molds to creating molds for casting clay sculpture. Looking for a ceramic slip recipe for slip casting, you’ll find recipes to try here!
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Ceramic mold making is not as difficult as you might imagine. Once you have learned how to mix plaster and pour a plaster mold, you’ll see it’s really not too bad. And there are a whole slew of other ways to make molds for pottery. Browse through our posts and you’ll find everything from using an old plastic soda bottle as a mold for a cup, to making bisque slump molds using any old bucket you might find around your studio!
Learn to make and use bisque molds and plaster molds, plus get casting slip recipes when you download this freebie, Ceramic Mold Making Techniques.
Making your own bisque slump or hump molds is probably the easiest and most accessible way to get into mold … Read More
I have heard of sledging before and am sad to say that I’ve never tried it. Sledging is essentially extruding … Read More
Molds are one of my favorite tools in my studio. I love how quickly you can produce objects. Since graduating … Read More
Eliza Au combines both high-tech and low-tech methods to make her beautiful and complex ceramic sculptures that consist of repeating … Read More
Mold making and slip casting offer tremendous possibilities for ceramic artists beyond the typical wheel thrown shapes. They also make … Read More
Lately, I have been really interested in surface development and I have been having a great time experimenting in the … Read More
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, and Paul Donnelly’s tea trays are a prime example of … Read More
Ceramic artist Valerie Zimany shares her process for combining cast, thrown and handbuilt parts.
When One Technique Just Won’t Do
Today we … Read More
Learn to make and use bisque molds and plaster molds, plus get casting slip recipes when you download this freebie, Ceramic Mold Making Techniques.