{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures","provider_url":"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress","title":"Terra cotta - Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JsFrXzSin3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/terra-cotta\/\">Terra cotta<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/terra-cotta\/embed\/#?secret=JsFrXzSin3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Terra cotta&#8221; &#8212; Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures\" data-secret=\"JsFrXzSin3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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So it&#8217;s set up now at home where it&#8217;s much more convienient to monitor. I fired a couple of older raw clay original models with complete success, including the Astor Place subway beaver model which was just 1\/4&#8243; less tall than the inside of the kiln with the lid closed. I&#8217;m considering &#8220;converting&#8221; the Art Deco D5 model into a terracotta line, here&#8217;s the original clay model that I fired in the kiln a year ago after making the rubber mold for casting it in interior cast-stone and concrete: &nbsp; In order to &#8220;convert&#8221; it to enable making them in fired pressed clay, I would have to make a positive cast in rubber and then make a 5 piece plaster mold of that positive rubber cast. The idea of the rubber positive is the rubber is soft and &#8220;gives&#8221; so that pulling a hard plaster shell mold off it, undercuts slide right out easily. Once I have the positive rubber I can make molds from that as needed, making one to start with. When the plaster mold is dry then the clay can be hand-pressed into it, allowed to stiffen slightly, removed, dried completely and then fired in the kiln. One thing with the &#8220;converting&#8221; is that\u00a0 in the processes there is about a 5% shrinkage of the clay from wet to dry and another 5% shrinkgage during firing for a total of about 10% or 1&#8243; loss per 10&#8243; which on this panel will result in it being about 2&#8243; less wide and maybe 1-1\/4&#8243; less tall. I think this fall\/winter I&#8217;m going to do this. Actually, I decided to go ahead and order the $200 worth of mold rubber I need to make the replacement mold for this since the original mold rubber by Quantum Silicones that I used in 2007 to make the first mold turned out to be total\u00a0 garbage. Hopefully this weekend if the rubber arrives before Friday I will have the master cast all set up and ready to mold Saturday. I should have enough left over from the two gallons added to the left-over rubber I have on hand to make the positive mold too- on Sunday if all goes well. At least with this I can get the process started, I don&#8217;t have any molding plaster on-hand to make the press-mold with though, and the regular cast stone is not suitable for this as it hardens up extremely hard and is not absorbant as the molding plaster is. I might just get a bag sent to me\u00a0 UPS as I don&#8217;t want to order a pallet load of material right now. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/d5fired-e1414994789538.jpg"}