Post #649554 by danlovestikis on Sat, Aug 25, 2012 5:32 PM

Yesterday started as a day to make molds. Philot has ordered a special Mayan Volcano bowl and We needed to make a mold for a larger size bowl.

We measured the bottom piece of wood that we would need for the mold and Dan cut it.

I'm using a bowl we got from Tiki Lee's shop in Las Vegas.

I only need the bottom half of this bowl so I built up clay to hide the rest.

Once in the box I smoothed the clay and covered the bowl with mold soap.

After casting the piece we took apart the mold.

I use a kitchen tool to cut the clay off. I store this clay and reuse it each time I make a mold.

Now this mold will be in the sun until it dries. Maybe a couple of weeks. Philot I hope this will work for your bowl.

The next mold we made was of some of the sea creatures I've sculpted for Roge's chunk lamps. Dan had already placed the screws in the back. I checked to see how thick to make the clay.

I made a sheet of clay on a board and then pressed the creatures into place. Next I covered them with mold soap.

I put the box sides in place and used clay snakes to prevent leaks where they join.

I had also filled in places that I thought would not mold well. I'll hand carve these areas after casting. So under the seahorse chin and between two puffer fins I placed clay to prevent the plaster from going there.

After casting we removed the box and clay.

Using pliers and torque we levered out the creatures.

Dan carried out the mold to the sun and brushed off plaster chips.

So here are all our current molds sunbathing.

Thanks for checking in, it was a pleasure having you stop by, Wendy