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Summary: How to use molds to create pottery; learn this and more in this free video arts and crafts lesson taught by a pottery making expert.
Betty Ingham and her husband Ben, retired from education in 2001. They purchased and have fully remodeled and restored a 100 year old Victorian home from top to bottom. They also own a...read more
"Hi I'm Betty Ingham and on behalf of Expert Village and we put it on out mold. Now this mold is from England it was a piece of pottery that was from my grandmother and when she past away it went to my father and when he past away I got it. I love the size of it for barbecuing, for hors-d'oeuvre size, for a meal for my husband and I so I made my own pattern from that and after I made my pattern from that. After you put it in your form you want to just really smooth it out and remember you are not going to get the same size as this it will shrink 12%. "
eHow Article: How to Use Molds in Ceramics