Slip Casting and Mould Making
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Special Interest Group
This special interest group provides an opportunity for members to meet and share skills and experience with mould-making and slip casting.
We meet on the second Saturday of each month at 1:30pm at the Karlup Studio. The sessions range from making basic plaster moulds from thrown or found objects, to more complex moulds, selecting and pouring slip, using coloured slips, and generally having a good time.
Note that the group is intended for those who are already working with slip casting. All members are welcome to come and share their experience.
Contact Peggy Stacy pstacy575@gmail.com for more information.
If you are planning to attend the next meeting, please RSVP to Peggy or via this form.
Reference documents
Plaster mixing guidelines (provenance Sandra Black)
Examples of undercuts (provenance Felicity Bodycoat)
Slip Casting Tips (Northcote Pottery Supplies)
Useful web links & videos
YouTube - Tiki Technical - Slipcasting Small Porcelain Pendants
YouTube - Plaster Mold Making (Washington University, Sam Fox Studio - shows to make and use a two-part plaster mold specific for the ceramic process.
YouTube - Rebekah Bogard - How to Slip Cast (Professor Rebekah Bogard demonstrates how to slip cast with 3 different types of molds, explains the difference between casting slip and joinery slip, describes how the process works, and troubleshoots how to open and release work from difficult molds. )
YouTube - Rebekah Bogard - Part 1: How to Make a Two-Piece Plaster Mold for Slip Casting (Part One, preparing the clay bed for casting. Watch part two to learn how to properly mix and pour the plaster.)
YouTube - Rebekah Bogard - Part 2 - Part 1: How to Make a Two-Piece Plaster Mold for Slip Casting
YouTube - Rebekah Bogard - Part 1: how to make a casting slip from your own clay body (Clay chemistry, slip, defloculants, specific gravity.)
YouTube - Rebekah Bogard - Part 2: how to make a casting slip from your own clay body
The Mold-Making Manual
Jonathon Kaplan
Softcover | 260 Pages | ISBN 978-1-57498-398-2 CAN Bookshop
An excellent US book on Mold-Making for slip casting. Trying to get the Club to buy this !
Interesting articles & ideas
Making moulds for tesselated tile installations (Ceramics Monthly)
Making coloured paper porcelain (Pottery Making Illustrated. Sep-24)
Ceramic Mold Making Techniques (Ceramic Arts Network Compilation Booklet FG-18) 22 pages
Ceramic Mold Making Techniques (Ceramic Arts Network Compilation Booklet FG-23) 19 pages
The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting
Andrew Martin (2006) Lark Books
This is a classic reference on all aspects of mold making and slip casting. It is available in the SORPC Library!
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