Pottery Project UNR

One of the assignments for a Ceramics Class at UNR was designing a Plaster Mold and then making Slip cast pieces of pottery. I designed a "Slanted Vase" and carved various Sgrafitto designs.

It was a leaning process with the hardest part being the idea for the design. I first molded the shape of the vase, set it in board molds, poured plaster on half of in and set it to dry. Then turned over the vase and repeated the process for the other half. When both molds were dry, the slip was poured into the mold for the desire thickness and set to dry. When the vase is dried and remove from the mold, it is designed and bisque fired. Glaze is applied to the bisqued piece and it is high fired.

It was a fun project.