More Mold Making Fun

[David J.]

Since I just made the dice molds I thought that I would finish up a project for Valentines Day that I had originally started back for my wedding reception. Back then I didn't have silicone and was trying to make a mold via vacu-forming but ran out of time as the rest of the wedding planning took over.

I was planning on a special chocolate bar for all the guests, and I started with Sculpey clay.

I'm no artist, so I used a cookie cutter for the base and a push mold to create the letters.

This is the clay positive. I rolled a sheet of clay out between two bars and cut the main shape with the cookie cutter, then applied the letters and then baked the whole thing in the oven.

Then I mixed some Playdough type silicone material, smeared some into the details, then pressed the rest over the clay form.

Let it set, then peel out the original and you have the mold!

Fill it. (OK, at this point I realized that I should probably have added a plaster backing for stiffness, but I was out of time. It made getting a clean back more difficult.)

Still, it produced a passable result. (Before anyone chimes in, I know that I got the & symbol backwards. My wife happily pointed that out to me :-)

This just shows that it doesn't take much skill or effort to produce a specialty mold for a small run. You will find quite a variety of push molds at your local craft store, and I know some of you are much better sculpters than I am. So consider it next time you have a wedding reception or other special party you are making favors for.

[lorinda]

That's really cool, your photos are great. Thanks for sharing!

[K8memphis]

How sweet and Valentines-y too!

Thanks

[Desiderio]

Happy Valentine's day to you too. Wonderfull idea ,I am sure your wife was thrilled