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Sample of Hydrocal Tile
made at Colson Studio
SAMPLE TEXT FROM:
HYDROCAL TILES
"A hydrocal tile can be
made without the use of
glazes or a firing
process. The mixture of
hydrocal is the same as
that for mixing plaster.
In this chapter we will
introduce the use of a
rubber molding material.
This will allow
undercuts of relief
forms to occur in our
three-dimensional
design. An undercut is
normally a raised
surface area, which has
an overhang above the
base surface. Other,
more complex
configurations, with
cavities or extended
tunnels, can be made
using rubber
configurations, which
would otherwise be very
difficult to achieve.
There are several kinds
of rubber. Some rubber
materials are catalytic
which require a part "A"
to be mixed with a part
"B" of equal parts. This
kind of rubber is good
because of its fast set
up and cure time, which
can take only a few
minutes.
However, we will use
"Latex" rubber, because
it is universally
available and very
simple to use."
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