What’s on the Moulds & Casting poster
A 6-row table: Mould · Suits · Limit.
Chosen by undercuts, by quantity and by material.
- Waste mould — One plaster cast — Destroyed on release
- Piece mould — Simple undercuts — Seam lines to clean
- Flexible silicone — Deep undercuts — Costly; degrades
- Lost wax — Metal casting — The model is destroyed
- Press mould — Repeat clay forms — Shallow forms only
- Slip casting — Hollow ceramic ware — Plaster absorbs water
Draft and undercuts decide everything. A form that cannot release from a rigid mould needs a flexible one, or more pieces.
Questions about the Moulds & Casting poster
- What’s on the Moulds & Casting poster?
- A 6-row table: Mould · Suits · Limit. Chosen by undercuts, by quantity and by material. Waste mould — One plaster cast — Destroyed on release; Piece mould — Simple undercuts — Seam lines to clean; Flexible silicone — Deep undercuts — Costly; degrades; Lost wax — Metal casting — The model is destroyed; Press mould — Repeat clay forms — Shallow forms only; Slip casting — Hollow ceramic ware — Plaster absorbs water. Draft and undercuts decide everything. A form that cannot release from a rigid mould needs a flexible one, or more pieces.
- Who is the Moulds & Casting poster for?
- Moulds & Casting belongs to the Art & Design section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning form & 3d can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Moulds & Casting poster?
- Use it when a piece must be repeated, or made in a material you cannot model. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Moulds & Casting belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Moulds & Casting?
- Modelling & Carving, Armatures and Clay & Firing sit alongside Moulds & Casting in the Art & Design section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Modelling & CarvingArmaturesClay & Firing
- Is the Moulds & Casting poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Moulds & Casting downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Art & Design section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Moulds & Casting poster print at?
- Moulds & Casting is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Moulds & Casting loses nothing.Printing guide
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