Gwyn Ace on thu 29 mar 01
When casting a hump mould in a dish..bowl or whatever..you will normally =
need to lift it up to allow trimming of the edge so a protrusion of a =
loop would not be a problem but if you scoop out a recess in the centre =
of the mould while the plaster is still soft you can push in a splaying =
wire loop and add a little more plaster to tidy it up as necessary. In =
this way you can have a flush surface and still,be able to lift easily.
Gwyn in N.Z.
Ababi on thu 29 mar 01
Two good books:Not sure if it is the exact name or author spelling: Zakin
Hand Forming and Firth book of Slip casting. I would buy the books for the
humps alone!
Ababi
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From: "Gwyn Ace"
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:09 AM
Subject: hump molds
When casting a hump mould in a dish..bowl or whatever..you will normally
need to lift it up to allow trimming of the edge so a protrusion of a loop
would not be a problem but if you scoop out a recess in the centre of the
mould while the plaster is still soft you can push in a splaying wire loop
and add a little more plaster to tidy it up as necessary. In this way you
can have a flush surface and still,be able to lift easily.
Gwyn in N.Z.
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