Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
Plaster Mold-Making
A course by Hessa Al Ajmani , Visual Artist and Ceramicist
About the video: Plaster Mold-Making
Overview
“Let's take a look at the simple process to create your own plaster molds using just two ingredients and other objects you can easily find at home.”
In this video lesson Hessa Al Ajmani addresses the topic: Plaster Mold-Making, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware. Learn how to create handmade ceramic pieces and embellish them by adding natural botanical imprints.
Partial transcription of the video
“Plaster Mold-Making In this lesson, we'll look at how to make our plaster molds, which we'll use to shape our clay or wrap it around it to make the wall of the mug. To do that, we'll have to prepare a mother mold, which we'll cast the plaster in. For that, I'll use the plastic sheet that I mentioned earlier. If you have a specific mug size that you'd like to go for, you can draw out the shape of it using a marker directly on the plastic sheet and cut it out. I've already prepared my pieces, which I'll attach using some tape and hot glue. The size of the cylinder will be the size of my mug, ...”
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Course summary for: Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Design, DIY, Fine Arts
Hessa Al Ajmani
A course by Hessa Al Ajmani
Hessa Al Ajmani is a visual artist and ceramicist based in Ajman. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual arts and a minor in applied psychology from Zayed University. Her practice as an artist is heavily influenced by curiosity of human psychology and observation of the natural world. She has collaborated with brands like Audemars Piguet, Valentino, and Mille, and has been featured in Vogue Arabia and Marie Claire Arabia
In 2019, Hessa founded Clay Corner Studio, the first public arts studio in Ajman dedicated to ceramics and painting, where she currently teaches regular ceramics classes. Her work has been exhibited in a number of exhibitions, including Emirates Fine Arts Society’s Annual Exhibition. Hessa was twice a runner-up for ADMAF’s Creativity Award (2015-2016), and the first place winner of CDA’s Human Rights Short Film Competition (2014).
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