How To Make A Ceramic Hand

If you re interested in exploring the world of making plaster molds for slip casting or handbuilding ceramic mold making techniques.

How to make a ceramic hand.

If you re looking to try your hand at something a little harder than a basic pinch or coil pot then you might be ready to try a slab pot which is formed by joining flat slabs of clay together. It will help you make well formed pieces where the body wall has an even thickness. I typically throw off the hump which is a method of using a large amount of clay 15 lbs to make multiple pieces from the one amount of clay. Ceramic mold making is not as difficult as you might imagine.

Pull off a small piece of clay to work with and roll it into a ball then pinch pull and roll the clay to warm it up in your hands. Tips for making plaster molds and slip casting clay is a great place to start. Below you can see a photo of myself centering some porcelain on the wheel. If you want to make ceramics by hand choose a clay that you can bake in the oven or air dry unless you have access to a kiln.

In this video learn how artisans create hand painted decorative tiles. I learned to make ceramic bowls on a potter s wheel in school. Learning to make bowls helped me learn to be patient even when i messed up six attempts in a row or didn t even come close to getting the clay right. How to make a slump mold for ceramic hand building.

Figure sculpting is not an area of ceramics that i have explored much probably because it seems like such an overwhelming endeavor. The slump mold is a great way to make bowls without using a pottery wheel or using the pinch pot method. The molds are super super easy to make and well worth the time.