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Handbuilding Methods. Extruding Press Moulds Formers Surface Treatment / Exploration. Extrusion. ‘Plastic’ clay forced through a ‘die plate’. Die plate can be customised to alter the shape, dimension and wall thickness of the extrusion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Handbuilding Methods
Extruding Press Moulds Formers Surface Treatment / Exploration
Extrusion
• ‘Plastic’ clay forced through a ‘die plate’. • Die plate can be customised to alter the
shape, dimension and wall thickness of the extrusion.
• Useful for making sections that can be used to construct a piece or to create repetitive elements.
• Can also be used as a ‘Former’.
Extrusion
Extrusion
• Hollow extruded tubes used as ‘former’ for extruded coil sculptural pieces.
Formers
• Customised support for each module / part during the firing process.
• Can be made using extrusion process, from a plaster mould or can be hand-made.
• Can be used repeatedly and fired multiple times.
Formers
Formers
• ‘Ceramic Fibre’ or ‘Silica Sand’ can also be used to support modules or parts during the firing process instead of making a former.
Press Moulds
• Enables user to make multiples of a particular form or an embellishment to form.
• Made using plaster to press mould into.
• Hand carved, hand made or plaster carved designs can be made into a press mould.
Press Moulds
Surface Treatments
• Anything can be used to ‘mark make’ or create surface texture.
• Any texture you create can be replicated into a press mould if desired.
• ‘Burnishing’ is a tedious but rewarding treatment as it produces a semi gloss finish without having to glaze.
Surface Treatments
‘Mark making’
Surface Treatments
Burnishing
Surface Treatments
Smoke Firing