Ceramic Dinner Plate Mold

A nice size for making your own dinner plates.

Ceramic dinner plate mold.

Even in the rare event that these molds do chip off into the clay that forms around them wood would burn out easily in firing whereas plaster could cause cracks and possibly ruin your piece. This keeps clay from sticking to them and helps reduce warping. Holland mold ceramic dinner plate 10 1 4 1958 mid century holland mold dinnerware amish farmer rooster chicken plate blue bird dinner plate shezashowgirl. Ceramic molds are usually made out of plaster for use with liquid clay slip while some may also be used as presses for clay slabs.

Plaster molds are used in pottery because they absorb water out of the clay as it dries. With the massive loss of manufacturers attending ceramic shows you have to know. Favorite add to. Nbe molds riverview molds which also makes ross molds starlite molds which makes albertas coles doc holliday donas duncan heinz some jamar mallory scioto starlite suncrest and some tl designs the other manufacturers may go to the shows.

The evans family purchased starlite mold company in the year 2000. Certain mold companies such as albertas have their molds listed differently and you may have to list them and go the the last page to find the mold you want or use the mold search by name. Wood molds also eliminate the risk of plaster chipping and contaminating clay. At the ceramic shop we carry a number of wooden drape molds which are lighter weight alternatives to plaster molds.

A smooth cast plaster mold perfect for making your own dinner plates. Like humps molds our slump molds are plaster templates that are useful for creating reproducible forms. Plaster mold for use with clay only. The following manufacturers never attend ceramic shows.

The advantage of using wooden molds over plaster is that wood is less likely to chip and flake off into the clay. Ceramic shows we do not attend the ceramic shows. The molds that we currently carry are for forming slabs and or texturing slabs of clay and not slips of clay. Simply drape a slab of clay over the mold and let dry before removing from mold and firing.

In general it. In ceramics wooden drape molds are a great alternative to the commonly used plaster molds. Microscopic mold spores can float around and grow just about anywhere there is a moist environment including on your dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. Lesson plan 21 shows how to make a plate with a drape mold.