Just picked up my mugs from being fired and want to make a mold Help Please! - Tiki Carving

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11102	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Oct 5, 2011 6:55 PM Tiki Tonie, here is the definitive thread on mold making by Master Artist Babalu with some help by Master Artist Bowana http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28065&forum=18 As to your question to glaze or not - depends on the detail of the mug. Glazing fills in and covers texture and detail but it also makes your master smooth and hard for the plaster to stick to. If you glaze you may lose detail, if you don't glaze and use mold soap your mold could stick to your master. PS, ceramic questions are best posted in the "Other Crafts" forum - the guys here in "Carving" think that ceramics are... JUST KIDDING :wink:

Tiki Tonie, here is the definitive thread on mold making by Master Artist Babalu with some help by Master Artist Bowana

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28065&forum=18

As to your question to glaze or not - depends on the detail of the mug. Glazing fills in and covers texture and detail but it also makes your master smooth and hard for the plaster to stick to. If you glaze you may lose detail, if you don't glaze and use mold soap your mold could stick to your master.

PS, ceramic questions are best posted in the "Other Crafts" forum - the guys here in "Carving" think that ceramics are... JUST KIDDING :wink:

Post #609180 by MadDogMike on Wed, Oct 5, 2011 6:55 PM