Job Description:

• 1) Casts plaster block molds, case molds, and working molds used in forming pottery ware, using models, clay, and plaster: Places model in clay with upper half of model exposed.

• 2) Brushes soap solution on exposed half of model.

• 3) Places wooden form around model or builds up wooden box sides.

• 4) Mixes plaster and pours it over exposed half of model to form one half of block mold.

• 5) Allows plaster to harden, removes wooden box sides, and turns mold over, leaving model in plaster mold.

• 6) Removes clay, smooths surface of mold, using knife and scrapers and applies soap solution.

• 7) Replaces box sides around mold and pours in plaster to form other half of block mold.

• 8) Casts case mold in similar manner, using block mold as pattern.