Ceramic Slump Hump Molds

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Ceramic slump hump molds.

Mayco sprig hump press molds. If they didn t like a form all they had to do was throw the mold in the recycling pile. Creative paradise slump and hump molds for clay. 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.

Ceramic slump molds vs. Using cardboard to make slump molds for pottery enabled brenda and her students to quickly test new forms and experiment more. That means if you like to make forms such as platters with a decorated surface this may be the mold type for you. When you work with slump molds the interior of your form is exposed while the outer face is in contact with the mold.

Successful cardboard slump molds could be remade in foam core. With slump molds the inside surface of a pot is exposed while the outer face is in contact with the mold. With a slump mold the clay slumps or sags down into the mold creating a concave shape. A typically shallow frame or mold into which a slab of clay is allowed to fall or settle in order to form a vessel.

The hump molds carried here at the ceramic shop are convex plaster forms intended for this purpose providing a template for slab work. These plaster molds for clay are collectively called slump hump or drape molds depending upon the design and purpose of the mold. The difference between a hump mold and a drape mold is the degree of slope of the shape. Hump molds are convex forms over which a slab of clay can be draped.

We carry a wide variety of different shapes of slump molds that we produce here at the ceramic shop. 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. Hump molds are very easy to work with and provide great results just press a slab of wet clay over the mold. Slump molds are concave forms that work just like other molds in that clay is draped over the surface of the mold.

This is opposite to that of hump molds in which the mold is in contact with the interior side of the pot. Convex plaster forms are known as hump molds or drape molds while concave plaster forms are known as slump molds.