Design your own custom pot form with a simple 2D sketch, or use one of our predesigned forms. Just 3D print the pieces, assemble them and pour plaster. You have a brand new slip casting mold!
Design your own one part molds for forms like bowls, cups, candle holders, planters, and more.
Shape Cast has molds for handles for purchase, examples of pot forms you can print, and the ability to design your own forms as well.
Sign up for Shape Cast. You will get access to predesigned pot forms, the ability to create your own forms, and access to purchase handles.
These are vessel designs created with Shape Cast. For each form, there is the original profile sketch (an SVG), as well as a live 3D preview. Shape Cast has the files to 3D print a mold for plaster so you can slip cast the associated form. Use these as is, or as the basis for your own custom design.
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Select an SVG file to create your pot's mold. You can use this empty template SVG as a starting point (you'll need to draw your own pot profile in it).
Shape Cast supports one part plaster molds (there cannot be any undercuts). Draw the profile with the center of the foot at the bottom left and the rim at the top right. See the SVGs on the Vessels page for examples of SVG profiles and the associated forms Shape Cast creates automatically from that input.
Review your design and adjust the size if needed. The grid is 25mm (about 1 inch) spacing.
Drag the 3D preview to rotate and check your design from all angles. Also double check the size (if it is wrong here, the 3D models will also be wrong and should not be scaled).
Shape Cast will next create a design proof. This is a to scale model of your pot. It also estimates your pot's volume using your selected wall thickness. Shape Cast will next create a design proof. This is a to scale model of your pot. It also estimates your pot's volume using a wall thickness of mm. ⓘ Enable to specify your own wall thickness. It also lets you specify your clay shrinkage so the final pot dimensions are exact, and access additional Shape Cast mold parameters.
Configure your Shape Cast mold. ⓘ Use to specify your exact clay shrinkage so the final pot dimensions are exact and access additional Shape Cast mold parameters including STL/STEP file formats and slip well options.
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Shape Cast handle molds are two part plaster molds (one for each half of the handle). Just like our other molds, you go straight from 3D print to plaster without silicone or other materials.
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