Hump Mould Ceramics

Earthenware stoneware or porcelain.

Hump mould ceramics.

Use your favorite clay body with hump molds. Hump molds are also called drape molds because you drape the clay over the mold to produce the pottery. 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. Because the plaster absorbs water this helps the slab to dry out a bit and separate from the mold.

Mayco sprig hump press molds. An evenly rolled out slab of. Also this is a mould with a decorative surface design which means you can only make this style of bowl from this mould if you want a plain mould for more flexibility simply leave out the. Drape molds hump slump combos hump molds plaster texture slabs slump molds sprig molds.

Plaster and ceramics go hand in hand and it is what many potters use for a hump mold. Hump molds for making pottery. 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. Hydro bat hump molds allow beginners and professionals to consistently make forms with ease.

Hump molds are very easy to work with and provide great results just press a slab of wet clay over the mold. At the ceramic shop we just love molds. Hump molds for clay. We carry a large variety of molds for both small and large forms as well as for texture and design.

Click tap any mold below for more info. A plaster hump mould is used here to make the bisque mould but you could use an upturned bowl as an alternative providing it does not have a footring. Some potters prefer to keep plaster out of their studios and would opt for a bisque mold but potter lauren sandler has been making hump molds for her work out of unfired clay. You will still have to throw a foot by gathering clay from the slab or by attaching a coil and compressing it to the back.

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. 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. Our hump molds are convex plaster forms that provide a template for slab work.

The hump molds carried here at the ceramic shop are convex plaster forms intended for this purpose providing a template for slab work. With a slump mold the clay slumps or sags down into the mold creating a concave shape. 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.