Plaster Mold Making & Some Ceramics - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11040	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, May 1, 2008 7:52 PM Back to the drawing board! Well I got some slip today (Laguna S695 white stoneware, cone 5) and cast my first mug. Everything went well except the bottom of the mug tore when I took it out of the mold (Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?) I made the rim and concave bottom, but didn't heed the advice to make a separate piece of the mold for the bottom. Now it seems there's no way to remove the mug without tearing it. That's OK, I needed to make a new mold anyway. My separation lines were a little rough but they cleaned up nicely with a loop tool. I'm not discouraged and I have lots of plaster and slip! :)

Back to the drawing board! Well I got some slip today (Laguna S695 white stoneware, cone 5) and cast my first mug. Everything went well except the bottom of the mug tore when I took it out of the mold (Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?) I made the rim and concave bottom, but didn't heed the advice to make a separate piece of the mold for the bottom. Now it seems there's no way to remove the mug without tearing it.
That's OK, I needed to make a new mold anyway. My separation lines were a little rough but they cleaned up nicely with a loop tool. I'm not discouraged and I have lots of plaster and slip! :)

Post #377539 by MadDogMike on Thu, May 1, 2008 7:52 PM