. The potter's craft: a practical guide for the studio and workshop . Fig. io. Mold and case in position. The top ends arelifted to show fitting. side walls to be tied on and molds can be made withease just as the original block mold was made. It now remains to make a case of the bottom bottom piece of the block mold is taken and sized [62] The Potters Craft and with a strip of paper bound around it, plaster ispoured. The two are detached when set and the caseis finished. It consists of seven pieces; three are usedin each half and one for the bottom. Thus equipped it is possible to ma
. The potter's craft: a practical guide for the studio and workshop . Fig. io. Mold and case in position. The top ends arelifted to show fitting. side walls to be tied on and molds can be made withease just as the original block mold was made. It now remains to make a case of the bottom bottom piece of the block mold is taken and sized [62] The Potters Craft and with a strip of paper bound around it, plaster ispoured. The two are detached when set and the caseis finished. It consists of seven pieces; three are usedin each half and one for the bottom. Thus equipped it is possible to make any number ofworking- molds and if the case should wear out or bedamaged, a new one can always be made from theblock mold. The block mold itself, having been sized,is no longer absorbent and cannot be used for mak-. FiG. 11. Block of plaster with face of plate turned. B Height ofplaster to be poured. C Rubber belt. ing vases. The working molds should be thoroughlydried before using and they will last longer. Flat ware, such as plates and saucers, is made on,not in, a mold. The diameter of the plate having beendecided upon, a block of plaster three inches wider isrun. This is placed on the center of the wheel orjigger and in it the face of the plate is turned. Thismust be sunk below the level of the block and whenfinished, must appear as though the plate itself wereembedded in the plaster. One half of the thickness [63] The Potters Craft of the edge is shown so that there is no under outside of this edge the plaster is turned soas to slope gently up to the level of the block. Without removing the block from the wheel the faceof the plate is well sized, a band of belting is arranged,of the same diameter as the edge of the slope andplaster is poured to a depth of three inches. Out ofthi
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