A convex form over which clay slabs are draped until stiff enough to hold the shape.
Making ceramic molds for glass slumping.
There are two basic types of molds in glass slumping.
Custom ceramic texture molds for fused glass.
Ceramic slump molds vs.
Away from the studio you can find her reading fantasy fiction but most days she s always keeping her hands busy making arts crafts.
Mold making for glass art by dan jenkins 1 choosing a prototype making molds for your own use or for reproduction is fairly easy to do and very satisfying.
Slumping means heating glass in a kiln over a mold until it takes the shape of that mold.
Working in both stained glass and fused glass her goal is to help you be creative and think outside the box while teaching skills to make glass crafting easier.
Slumpy s has a great selection of plate molds dish molds server molds and more.
Most ceramic supply stores carry a line of pre made bisque ware at extremely good prices.
Plates are essential for glass studios.
If you feel the need to drill holes in the mold use a masonry bit and follow dust safety guidelines.
This tutorial will explain how i make custom ceramic texture molds to create fused glass art items used in this tutorial 1 firing the clay and glass kiln.
These can be frames with no bottom as in today s video clip.
Molds for glass slumping are surprisingly easy to make.
I use a paragon janus 23 multi purpose kiln capable of firing glass or ceramics with the fl.
Both are placed inside the kiln and the kiln is fired up.
They can be used very successfully as slump molds needing nothing but kilnwash.
So which mold should you use.
Hump molds are used to form the interior of the slumped glass.
The slumping glass process is used for making bowls platters or decorative 3 d objects.
A typically shallow frame or mold into which a slab of clay is allowed to fall or settle in order to form a vessel.
Slump molds are concave forms that work just like other molds in that clay is draped over the surface of the mold.
Like humps molds our slump molds are plaster templates that are useful for creating reproducible forms.
This newly formed glass is then placed over a ceramic mold.
Glass slumping sometimes called warm glass or glass art is a form of artistic expression that uses the heat of a gas or electric kiln to melt 2 or more different pieces of glass together and fuse them into 1 piece.
This example explains how molds are made from clay.
Using found objects to copy and transform into.
There s a huge variety of commercial moulds for sale or you can make your own and create something truly unique without too much extra work.
Making your own molds frees you from relying on molds made by others and allows you to tailor your mold for your own taste.
