Drape Mold Ceramics Definition

Gr pottery forms drape molds for pottery are american made wood fiber products.

Drape mold ceramics definition.

The advantage of using wooden molds over plaster is that wood is less likely to chip and flake off into the clay. With drape molds you can quickly make plates and platters dishes and more in repeating and complementary sizes. In ceramics wooden drape molds are a great alternative to the commonly used plaster molds. We can see molds made of wood plastic bisque clay or other substances.

At the ceramic shop we carry a number of wooden drape molds which are lighter weight alternatives to plaster molds. Hexagon drape mold 9 x 2 ph235 part. Hump molds must be elastic enough to allow for the clay s contraction. Molde de asentamiento drape mold is a support a stretched cloth a wooden frame or rope network on which a clay slab is draped to shape as it stiffens.

Wood molds also eliminate the risk of plaster chipping and contaminating clay. Square rectangular pentagons hexagons octagons round and more. I create a footring for all three of the pieces. This video demonstrates how to make three variations of a simple drape molded forms using clay slabs.

Slump molds have fewer constraints since the clay will shrink away from the mold not toward the mold s surface. In both types of molds if a non porous material is used sheets of newspaper need to be sandwiched in between the clay slab and the mold. All sizes of our 4 styles 4 salad plate templates 10 75 4 dinner plate templates 13 75 create a decorative. Rim template 8 pack set includes.

Even in the rare event that these molds do chip off into the clay that forms around them wood would burn out easily in firing whereas plaster could cause cracks and possibly ruin your piece. In hump molds the shaping is done by draping slabs of the material to be shaped over the mold hump. Gr pottery forms drape molds for moist clay slab building. Drape mold base part.

Pine wood drape molds for pottery. Drape molds are divided into hump slump and press molds. An excellent selection of shapes and sizes. Is a support a stretched cloth a wooden frame or rope network on which a clay slab is draped to shape as it stiffens.

Like humps molds our slump molds are plaster templates that are useful for creating reproducible forms.