How To Make A Ceramic Mold For Glass Slumping

Both are placed inside the kiln and the kiln is fired up.

How to make a ceramic mold for glass slumping.

Mold making for glass art by dan jenkins 3 glass and mirror pieces hot glue gun and glue plastic tubs with cut bottoms for dams kitchen timer the journey begins let s begin to make a mold beginner mold makers often pick objects which have undercuts are overly complicated and can be beyond the scope of their ability at that moment. 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. Molds for glass slumping are surprisingly easy to make. This example explains how molds are made from clay.

You ll fire the mold without any glass on it. Custom ceramic texture molds for fused glass. I use a paragon janus 23 multi purpose kiln capable of firing glass or ceramics with the fl. This will prevent the fiberboard from fusing to the posts.

If using a mold it should be covered with a thick coat of kiln wash or glass separator. You can also make your own shapes using your own bisque. We offer a variety of mold shapes for slumping glass bottles. Glassworkers usually slump their medium over metal molds and into ceramic molds.

Plates are essential for glass studios. Now you can fire your mold to cure the rigidizer according to the instructions that come with your rigidizer. To complete the slumping process take your glass through heating and cooling processes. 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.

The slumping glass process is used for making bowls platters or decorative 3 d objects. This newly formed glass is then placed over a ceramic mold. I often use smaller triangle shelf posts wrapped in thin fire paper to create an elevated neck on beer bottles for spoon rests. Slumping means heating glass in a kiln over a mold until it takes the shape of that mold.

Hump molds are used to form the interior of the slumped glass. The key is to make the mold out of the right material which will withstand the 1 200 degree temperature in the kiln. Slumpy s has a great selection of plate molds dish molds server molds and more. There are two basic types of molds in glass slumping.

Prop it up on shelf posts and lay a small piece of shelf paper between the posts and the mold if they haven t been coated in kiln wash. Carving 1 thick fiberboard i got my hands on some 1 inch thick fiberboard and decided i would just have to carve the mold as i did in my first attempt but not go all the way through the bottom.