I sent in my paper on Flexible Mold Making last night. Writing the paper inspired me to create this website.
Ever since the beginning of the internet I've made searchs for 'mold making', 'jewelry mold making','rubber mold for ring', 'rubber molds', 'bracelet mold', 'silicone mold', 'RTV mold'. I found interesting articles and more recently interesting videos. But - never encountered a single place on the 'net' where I could see how to make a variety of different molds.
My intention with this website is to compile all the different flexible mold making techniques in one place. I'll post videos and text descriptions. My hope is to create an online catalog for mold cutters to view all the different styles and materials used to make molds.
Heat cured natural rubber and silicone, as well as RTV (room temperature vulcanizing) molds will be demonstrated. Visit http://flexiblejewelrymolds.com/material-comparisons.html every week to see updates on the mold material comparison chart.
I hope to visit various mold material suppliers and interview them while touring their plants. I'll post those visits here. The better informed you are, the better decisions you can make!
Here is one of the pictures of an RTV mold made with Castaldo LiquiGlass that is not included in this year's paper:
I turned the green carving wax master on my lathe. The paper does show this mold after it is cut and injected with a wax. I'll post an edited form of the paper after I've delivered the presentation in May, 2012. You may purchase the paper after it has been given from The Santa Fe Symposium Library of Presentations at https://www.santafesymposium.org/papers/index.php.