Tips for Making Plaster, Bisque, and Styrofoam Molds, Making and Using Casting Slip, and Decorating Ceramic Surfaces! Learn to make ceramic molds in this FREE PDF!
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Molds make it possible to repeat patterns and forms for a variety of reasons. For thousands of years, potters have used molds both for forming and decorating and often both have been accomplished at the same time. Whether you choose to try press molds with slabs of clay or slip-casting molds for slip-cast pieces, you’ll discover that making ceramic molds provides a way to create uniform pieces that can save you time.
If you're interested in exploring the world of making plaster molds for slip casting or handbuilding, Ceramic Mold Making Techniques: Tips for Making and Using a Variety of Ceramic Moldsis a great place to start!
Included in this free PDF:
Three Approaches to Slip Casting Plates
by Daniel Mehlman
Have you ever considered making plates using slip-casting techniques? Artist and master moldmaker Daniel Mehlman explains different techniques, as well as the method he’s chosen for making his own plates.
How to Make a Tile Press Mold
by Ursula Hargens
Ursula Hargens was looking for larger surfaces to decorate so she came up with a tile design that suited her needs. Her deep tiles are press molded in a plaster mold and feature some unusual shapes that she plays with to create negative spaces.
Creating a Slump Mold with Styrofoam
by Ben Carter
Ben Carter loves working with earthenware and he’s an innovator in creating really cool forms using a Styrofoam slump mold. Without a doubt, Styrofoam molds are the easiest molds to make and they offer a tremendous amount of flexibility.
Making Bisque Molds with Texture
by Nancy Zoller
Before the invention of plaster or Styrofoam, the main mold making material was bisque-fired clay. Create your own unique forms from clay and surfaces then easily repeat them over and over again. You’re just a bisque fire away from getting started.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot Harnetty Editor, Ceramic Arts Network
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Molds make it possible to repeat patterns and forms for a variety of reasons. For thousands of years, potters have used molds both for forming and decorating and often both have been accomplished at the same time. Whether you choose to try press molds with slabs of clay or slip-casting molds for slip-cast pieces, you’ll discover that making ceramic molds provides a way to create uniform pieces that can save you time.
If you're interested in exploring the world of making plaster molds for slip casting or handbuilding, Ceramic Mold Making Techniques: Tips for Making and Using a Variety of Ceramic Molds is a great place to start!
Included in this free PDF:
Three Approaches to Slip Casting Plates
by Daniel Mehlman
Have you ever considered making plates using slip-casting techniques? Artist and master moldmaker Daniel Mehlman explains different techniques, as well as the method he’s chosen for making his own plates.
How to Make a Tile Press Mold
by Ursula Hargens
Ursula Hargens was looking for larger surfaces to decorate so she came up with a tile design that suited her needs. Her deep tiles are press molded in a plaster mold and feature some unusual shapes that she plays with to create negative spaces.
Creating a Slump Mold with Styrofoam
by Ben Carter
Ben Carter loves working with earthenware and he’s an innovator in creating really cool forms using a Styrofoam slump mold. Without a doubt, Styrofoam molds are the easiest molds to make and they offer a tremendous amount of flexibility.
Making Bisque Molds with Texture
by Nancy Zoller
Before the invention of plaster or Styrofoam, the main mold making material was bisque-fired clay. Create your own unique forms from clay and surfaces then easily repeat them over and over again. You’re just a bisque fire away from getting started.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot Harnetty
Editor, Ceramic Arts Network