Pottery/SlipCasting
From Makers Local 256
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Mold Making
- Have something that you want to make a mold of
- Embed it in clay
- remember that you need to leave a funnel to get the slip into the mold and back out again..
- Put it in a plaster frame
- mix plaster (3# Dry USG#1Pottery Plaster / Pint of H2O)
- pour carefully over thing
- let dry
- flip the mold upside down
- remove the embedded clay
- apply resist
- pour plaster over other half
- let dry
- demold
Mold using
- seal mold with a rubber band
- Pour slip into mold
- top off mold until desired thickness is achieved
- let sit until the mold is ready to come out
- this could be up to a day or two later, but should only be 2 hours.
