Hump Molds For Ceramics

Plaster and ceramics go hand in hand and it is what many potters use for a hump mold.

Hump molds for ceramics.

With a slump mold the clay slumps or sags down into the mold creating a concave shape. Gr pottery wood hump molds. We make and sell plaster hump molds in many useful shapes for hand building a wide variety of functional and decorative pottery in stoneware earthenware and porcelain. Hump molds the clay is draped over the mold creating a convex shape and used when you want to add feet handles or other embellishments to the outside of the shape.

Mayco sprig hump press molds. The hump molds carried here at the ceramic shop are convex plaster forms intended for this purpose providing a template for slab work. Hump molds are very easy to work with and provide great results just press a slab of wet clay over the mold. Hump molds are a great way to easily make a wide variety of pottery pieces from ceramic bowls and cups to platters vases and more.

Measurements are for the bottom edges. They are cut and beveled fiberboard which make them durable and economical. These plaster molds for clay are collectively called slump hump or drape molds depending upon the design and purpose of the mold. With these mayco molds you get two molds for the price of one because when each two part plaster mold is separated a slump and hump version of that shape is revealed.

These molds are great for creating functional wares as well as sculptural works. Earthenware stoneware or porcelain. Through using molds one can consistently create forms of the same dimensions including very large forms that might be difficult to accomplish on a pottery wheel. Plaster molds are often used in forming clay shapes that are consistent in size and shape to make complex designs that could not be easily accomplished on the pottery wheel or to firmly hold leather hard clay while adding decorative embellishments.

However they are typically more shallow than humps. Hump molds for clay. Hump molds are also called drape molds because you drape the clay over the mold to produce the pottery. Because the plaster absorbs water this helps the slab to dry out a bit and separate from the mold.

No release agent or sealant needed. Gr pottery forms are wood drape molds in a variety of shapes and sizes that are ideal for making dinnerware and serving platters. Slump and hump molds for clay are large plaster molds used in forming moist clay into shapes which are not easily accomplished on the pottery wheel. Drape molds are similar in concept to hump molds.

Slump molds the clay slumps or sags down creating a concave shape and are used when you want to add embellishments to the inside of the shape or around the lip. Made of pottery plaster these hump molds also called drape molds are ideal for home studios pottery studios and classrooms. Use your favorite clay body with hump molds.