How To Make Ceramic Slip Molds

Here you ll learn how to make ceramic molds as well as how to use them.

How to make ceramic slip molds.

With a little modification to the original jug design i made new plaster molds one for the handle figure 1 and the other for the body of the form. Slip is just a liquid mixture of clay or a liquefied suspension of clay particles in the water and is generally a little thinner than a slurry. Wrap aluminum flashing around the prototype to serve as cottle boards leaving a 1 2 inch gap between the flashing and the edge of the clay form the flashing creates a barrier to contain the plaster once it is poured onto the prototype 3. Ceramic mold making techniques.

Slip casting is liquified clay poured into a plaster mold the ratios are roughly 75 percent clay body to 25 percent water. Browse through our archive of articles to find a variety of techniques from making plaster molds for slip casting and press molding to making bisque clay hump or slump molds to creating molds for casting clay sculpture. How to make a plaster mold for slip casting part 2.