mold making
Shaping hollow templates
Mold making is the craft of creating molds—hollow forms used to shape materials like metal, plastic, rubber, or plaster.
The mold maker builds a negative of the desired object; when filled, it produces copies of the original.
The skill spans industries from manufacturing to sculpture: She studied mold making to cast bronze figures.
- silicone rubberSynthetic elastic polymer material
- epoxy resinTwo-component hardening adhesive
- resin castingForming shapes from liquid polymer
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- ClayPersonal name designation
aluminum · master · ceramic workshops · sand casting · release agent · pour spout · parting line · steel · thermoplastic · stoneware · pottery · tooling · core · latex · rubber · injection · prototype · pour
- ceramicspottery, porcelain, cup, bowl, plate
- potterypot, pottery, clay pottery, throwing, ceramic vase
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- makingcrafting, building, creating, DIY projects, constructing
- techniquessketching, drawing, painting, sculpting, carving
- tradeselectrician, plumber, carpenter, welder, mason
manufacturing stage
mold makingcasting
Shaping through liquid form
production run · mass production · molding · injection molding · assembly