Molding Techniques (Ceramics Class)

by Joaquim Chavarria

• ISBN13: 9780823005956
• ISBN10: 082300595X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Summary

Like being in a studio workshop setting, through these pages readers are taken into the ceramics class of a fine school and given extensive, step-by-step lessons in basic and advanced molding techniques. After reviewing materials and tools needed for molding, the book's next four chapters present four different techniques: wasted mold (for models of clay, polyurethane, and other materials); press mold (for a tray, a tile, an animal, and other sculptural forms); casting mold (for a bottle, a teapot, and other modular forms); and terracotta mold (for a bowl and relief work). Included are practical tips for setting up a good work area in the home.

Author Biography

Joaquim Chavarria, a professor of ceramics and sculpture at the Escuela Massana in Barcelona, Spain, is also the author of the best-selling The Big Book of Ceramics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(1)
Types of Molds	6	(1)
Materials	7	(3)
Tools	10	(54)
Template
Making a Prototype	12	(4)
Waste Molds
Gargoyle	16	(6)
Press Molds
Ridged Tiles	22	(2)
Baluster	24	(4)
Module for Arichitectural Surfaces	28	(4)
Gargoyle	32	(8)
Grille	40	(2)
Slip-Cast Molds
Preparing Slip	42	(1)
Torso	43	(3)
Tea Set	46	(12)
Rock Vase	58	(6)
Glossary	64