How to make a mould..

Today, one of my tutor gave my ceramic class a demo of how to make a mould.

First you have to make a plaster/ceramic cast of what you want to make the mould for.

Cast.. This particular one was what one of the girls in my class made. 

You will need a bucket of very very smooth slip. In this case, my Tutor spent a good 5 minutes or so blending it with a mechanical mixer thing. 

Hold the two casts tightly together and wrap it with wire so it won't move around or leak.

tighten

..and tighten a bit more.

Well tightened, doubt this'll be able to move around much at all.

and just poor the slip in!

At first my tutor was using a funnel but then realised that it was actually causing it to over flow..

so he scratched the funnel

and went straight into the thing with the jug.

By sticking a stick inside and out, getting rid of air bubbles.

let it settle for a little while

Then poor out the excess slip so the wall of the mold won't get too thick.