How To Make A Ceramic Mold For Glass Slumping

Slumping glass constitutes bending or slumping fused glass over or into a mold.

How to make a ceramic mold for glass slumping.

If using a mold it should be covered with a thick coat of kiln wash or glass separator. You ll fire the mold without any glass on it. This will prevent the fiberboard from fusing to the posts. Slumpy s has a great selection of plate molds dish molds server molds and more.

I often use smaller triangle shelf posts wrapped in thin fire paper to create an elevated neck on beer bottles for spoon rests. Glassworkers usually slump their medium over metal molds and into ceramic molds. Both are placed inside the kiln and the kiln is fired up. 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.

You can also make your own shapes using your own bisque. 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. The key is to make the mold out of the right material which will withstand the 1 200 degree temperature in the kiln.

We offer a variety of mold shapes for slumping glass bottles. This example explains how molds are made from clay. 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. Hump molds are used to form the interior of the slumped glass.

Now you can fire your mold to cure the rigidizer according to the instructions that come with your rigidizer. 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. There are two basic types of molds in glass slumping. Plates are essential for glass studios.

Slumping means heating glass in a kiln over a mold until it takes the shape of that mold. This newly formed glass is then placed over a ceramic mold. 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. 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.

The slumping glass process is used for making bowls platters or decorative 3 d objects. To complete the slumping process take your glass through heating and cooling processes.