Stephani Stephenson on wed 12 nov 03
Hi Llewellyn
am I reading your description correctly, that you want to
make half or quarter round molding?
I would recommend an extruder as a method of choice..
or make a press mold from the shape and press from into it
other method is to make a 'sled' or 'sledge' , an old
architectural ceramics technique
where you cut out the template ,often out of thick aluminum
or metal
and affix the template to a heavy duty wood form which
slides along the table top, using the
edge as a guide, over a coil of clay or plaster, and it
carves away the excess
as it slides over.. this is used a lot to make original
models for trim in modeling clay, moist clay
or semi moist plaster. hard to describe.
as I reread your post I am not sure I am reading it
correctly...
so difficult to translate visual objects and processes into
words sometimes!
Stephani Stephenson
steph@alchemiestudio.com
John Rodgers on thu 13 nov 03
Stephani ---- Nice post!
One of the things I often do is to bevel one side of the
template......the side in the direction I am drawing or pulling the
template. Just makes it a little easier to get a smooth surface without
the tendency to tear, as sometimes happens with a straight edge.
Works for me.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Stephani Stephenson wrote:
>Hi Llewellyn
>am I reading your description correctly, that you want to
>make half or quarter round molding?
>I would recommend an extruder as a method of choice..
>or make a press mold from the shape and press from into it
>other method is to make a 'sled' or 'sledge' , an old
>architectural ceramics technique
>where you cut out the template ,often out of thick aluminum
>or metal
>and affix the template to a heavy duty wood form which
>slides along the table top, using the
>edge as a guide, over a coil of clay or plaster, and it
>carves away the excess
>as it slides over.. this is used a lot to make original
>models for trim in modeling clay, moist clay
>or semi moist plaster. hard to describe.
>
>as I reread your post I am not sure I am reading it
>correctly...
>so difficult to translate visual objects and processes into
>words sometimes!
>
>Stephani Stephenson
>steph@alchemiestudio.com
>
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