Ceramic Bowls With Molds Remove The Slump Or The Huimp

Gently press clay into mold.

Ceramic bowls with molds remove the slump or the huimp.

When you work with slump molds the interior of your form is exposed while the outer face is in contact with the mold. Solid plaster hump mold. Hump molds the clay is draped over the mold creating a convex shape and used when you want to add feet handles or other embellishments to the outside of the shape. Slump molds the clay slumps or sags down creating a concave shape and are used when you want to add embellishments to the inside of the shape or around the lip.

Prepare a slab of clay 1 4 to 3 8 thick and large enough to slightly overhang the mold on all sides. That means if you like to make forms such as platters with a decorated surface this may be the mold type for you. 7 x 5 x 2. Ceramic arts network 51 831 views.

I was attracted to the gradual uninterrupted curve of this simple form and the flexibility that it offered. Deep bowls will require the slab to be cut removing excess clay in order to form smoothly into the mold. Storing them together with rubber bands mold straps or twine helps protect them from harm. This works best for shallow forms.

The hump molds carried here at the ceramic shop are convex plaster forms intended for this purpose providing a template for slab work. Our hump mold series are designed for handbuilding. See more ideas about clay pottery ceramic clay pottery. The mold measures 10 x 10 with a dep.

Hump molds are very easy to work with and provide great results just press a slab of wet clay over the mold. Bowls plates and platters can easily be made by slumping a slab into an existing bowl or plate. You get two molds for your price. This softly rounded square provides a great shape for a large size serving bowl.

We carry a wide variety of different shapes of slump molds that we produce here at the ceramic shop. Using his mold i created both a hump mold and a slump mold out of plaster. Hump mold foot bowl. Another method would be to piece several different slabs into the mold to complete the form.

They do not have grommets on the. Hump molds are convex forms over which a slab of clay can be draped. Slump mold salad bowl. Mayco slump hump molds are sold together.

Finally a little over a year ago i borrowed a giant mold shaped like a satellite dish from a friend.