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Ripple Dish

Capability Mix, pour and demould a flat open form

The same casting method as the Flow Tray, against a textured mould. Three things change; everything else you already know.

You will end up with
A shallow dish holding a fine surface texture across its face.
Time
An afternoon
Steps
4
A cast piece showing fine surface relief

A variant, not a new course

Same method as the Flow Tray.
3 things change.

You already know this process. Rather than repeat it, this make states only what differs — which is how the library grows without becoming thirty mini-courses.

Revisit the Flow Tray method
  1. 01

    A textured mould, so the mix needs brushing into the detail before the main pour.

  2. 02

    1:4 rather than 1:3 — the smoother mix is what carries the ripple.

  3. 03

    Sanding stops at the rim. Cutting the face back would flatten the texture you cast it for.

Before you start

What you need.

Mixing SpatulaA mixing spatula from HAND + FORM, available in 20.7...£3.99

Plus accurate scales and water. Commerce sits here, once, at the moment it is genuinely useful — and not again.

The one number

Feel what the ratio does.

Powder
Water

The make

Ripple Dish, step by step.

Tick a step as you go and this page remembers where you were — no percentages, no scoring.

  1. Brush the detail before you fill

    Work a small amount of mix into the textured face with a soft brush, pressing it into the relief. Only then pour the rest.

  2. Pour at 1:4, low and slow

    The smoother mix is what travels into the texture. Pour into the lowest point and let it rise through the detail.

  3. Tap, but watch the face

    Tap to release air as usual. A textured mould holds more of it, so this takes longer than a flat one.

  4. Demould patiently, finish only the rim

    Release the whole rim, invert, and let it drop out. Sand the edge — leave the face alone.

While it sets

What to notice.

How much detail survived
Compare the cast face against the mould. Whatever is missing is where air stayed — that is your feedback for the next one.

If it did not work

That is the normal way in.

Nothing here is wasted — a failed cast is terrazzo chips and a piece of information about your process.

When you have made it

Put it on the shelf.

Work through the steps at your own pace, then mark the piece made.

Back to the workshop

Make it again, differently

The second one is
where it gets good.

Change the ratio, not the mould

Cast the same mould at 1:3 and compare how much relief you lose. That comparison is the beginning of Master.

One next step, never three

Kidney Catchall

An organic outline with a considered curve — and the make where you put colour through the material for the first time.

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Kidney Catchall