Judy's Corner

Have you ever used cookie cutters with special little designs imprinted? You press the cutter down onto the dough and it leaves an exact opposite of the design you see in the cutter itself.
That’s actually a mold.
A mold is something you can use over and over to replicate a design, shape, form. Think of the [...]

As I was checking the traffic for this site, I was amazed at the search words used to find it. Most of them questions and yet nobody goes to the trouble to post a reply here, to ask those questions. hmm
Liquid latex mold medium
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Basically, you have 3 varieties of hardness. Pottery plaster, hydrocal and hydrostone.

Just before Christmas, I was commissioned to make molds for a whole new world, for me. Polymer clay.
Several months ago, I received an email from a lady who was interested in my mold making instruction ebook. Her question to me was, “will this also work for polymer clay?” I couldn’t see why not. Now [...]

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How to mix Plaster:
1. Always weigh out the amount of plaster you need, then look up the water by weight percentage. For example USG # 1 Pottery for making molds uses 70% water to plaster. So 10 lb. of plaster requires 7 lb. of water. First weigh out the plaster you need, take that amount [...]

I’m still facing a mountain of receipts and math. Why? Well, I’m just full of excuses: a move from one state to another, retrieving all the ceramics equipment out of storage, pneumonia (dragging tail), and a whole slew of busy, busy.
What ever the reasons, I resorted to a box just to make sure I kept [...]

I’ve finally remembered the camera while working on a mold project. As soon as I’m finished, I’ll start on the instruction book.
When writing the ceramic mold making ebook, I never imagined so many folks would be interested in making rubber molds. I’m finally getting around to writing about the rubber molds.
Once you know how to [...]

I’m still learning how this program works, so be patient if you see duplicate pages somewhere.
I’ve been blogging for quite some time but only recently decided to bring my blogging closer to home. This blog is attached to judy’s corner, a networking site for business crafter’s.
I’ll bring most of my past blog posts over to [...]