art + photography by Helen McLean

Archive for December, 2006

How-to: Make a ceramic mug (Tiki Mugs!)


Here is a direct link to my ‘how-to’ post.

It’s way too lengthy to re-post the whole thing here… However, here’s a snippet of the first step:

I will be doing a 2 step mold making process.

  1. Create a mold to make a silicon master from the original clay master
  2. Create a plaster mold using the silicon master

So, here’s the not very exciting photo of the 3 items - plaster, silicon and clay. Woo Hoo!

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