Molding

What?: Pourring slip in a mold to create "things".

Step 1

To start you need; a bucket of slip...

Step 2

...and a mold.

Step 3

Pour the slip into the mold.

Step 4

Let it rest for 15 minutes, until you can see a skin of dry slip on the walls.

Step 5

Poor it back in the bucket.

Step 6

Let it rest upside down, for another 10 minutes.

Step 7

After a few hours, you can open the mold carefully because the piece might be very fragile.

Step 8

Fresh out of the mold.

 

Step 9

You have to cut and..

Step 10

...sponge the edges to make you piece look perfect!

 

Step 11

Here we can see the 3 differents steps and how it's shrink from one step to the other. Before the firering, after the first firering and after the second firering!