Hump Mould Ceramics

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

Hump mould ceramics.

At the ceramic shop we just love 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. 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. Mayco sprig hump press molds.

Use your favorite clay body with hump molds. 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. We carry a large variety of molds for both small and large forms as well as for texture and design. Hump molds are very easy to work with and provide great results just press a slab of wet clay over the mold.

Earthenware stoneware or porcelain. 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. Because the plaster absorbs water this helps the slab to dry out a bit and separate from the mold. 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.

Hump molds are also called drape molds because you drape the clay over the mold to produce the pottery. Hump molds for making pottery. 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. Hydro bat hump molds allow beginners and professionals to consistently make forms with ease.

Plaster and ceramics go hand in hand and it is what many potters use for a hump mold. The hump molds carried here at the ceramic shop are convex plaster forms intended for this purpose providing a template for slab work. Click tap any mold below for more info. So think of it as throwing the backside of a form.

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. Creative paradise slump and hump molds for clay. Drape molds hump slump combos hump molds plaster texture slabs slump molds sprig molds.

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. After placing the hump mold on the wheel simply lay a slab on top of the hump mold. With a slump mold the clay slumps or sags down into the mold creating a concave shape.