Ceramic Slip Mold Making

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 provide a way to create uniform pieces that can save you time and provide you with the means to concentrate on surface decorations.

Ceramic slip mold making.

Match up the two halves of the molds by making sure the pinholes are aligned. Our goal is produce the finest quality slip cast molds available using united states gypsum 1 pottery plaster. Ceramic mold making techniques learn to make and use bisque molds and plaster molds plus get casting slip recipes when you download this freebie ceramic mold making techniques. In preparation for creating the molds of the front half of each shape the prototypes are refined a final time.

These molds are made of plaster to be used only with ceramic casting slip mud and perhaps wax. This will ensure a sealed closure and no leakage when slip is poured into it. This is a mold of a snow man and pumpkin that was casted from plastic toys. Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression.

Slip casting is the process of filling the molds with slip which is the liquid clay allowing it to solidify and after a while forming a layer called the cast inside of the mold s walls. Molds are made from plaster of paris as they re highly absorbent. Carefully pour your slip into the cavity of the mold and the plaster of paris mold will start to absorb water from the clay and the drying process of the clay will begin. Ceramic mold making techniques learn to make and use bisque molds and plaster molds plus get casting slip recipes when you download this freebie ceramic mold making techniques.

With a little modification to the original jug design i made new plaster molds one for the handle figure 1 and the other for the body of the form. Intricate molds and pre made molds can also be purchased at ceramic supply. All molds listed on this site are new. We do not offer greenware bisque or finished pieces only the molds that make them.

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. This happens because the mold absorbs the water from the slip through its pores collecting the ceramic particles against the mold. Over the next 13 years a number of mold brands have been added making us the largest manufacturer of pottery molds in the ceramic arts industry with almost 12 000 designs available.