Learn casting
Learn casting.
Understand the material. Then see where you can take it.
Casting begins with a simple process: material, water and a mould. Everything after that is decisions — the ratio you mix, the surface you cast against, the colour you put through the body. These lessons take those decisions in order, from a first pour to a repeatable object.
13 lessons · written for UK makers
Start here
Start here.
Four lessons that take you from never having cast anything to a finished first piece.
Learn the material
Learn the material.
What changes the result, and why. Read these once you have poured something.
Explore techniques
Explore techniques.
Colour, pattern and surface. The part where the material starts to look like yours.
Solve a problem
Solve a problem.
Something came out wrong. Here is what usually causes it.
Where this goes
Makers, not
consumers.
The point of a knowledge library is not to sell more material. It is that more people become capable of making things — and keep going after the first piece.
The material
Start with FormCast+.
Mineral casting material, mixed with water. Choose a size, or take the box that covers a whole first piece.
Choose a setup