Collection: Pottery Molds

Explore Icewood Atelier’s collection of 3D-printed molds and forms, designed to make clay work smoother, cleaner and more consistent – whether you’re making platters, dishes, bowls, vases or trivets.

Negative molds have a recessed shape: you lay the clay slab into the hollow and press it into place. This gives you the most control over the final form – you can press the clay exactly into shape and position it just the way you want. While the clay sits in the mold, you can also decorate the inside surface (unless you’ve already textured the slab with a pattern roller) or add details such as handles. Negative molds work well even with soft, quite moist clay, and because the clay shrinks away from the walls as it dries, it can stay in the mold through the whole drying process without cracking. Browse them all in Negative Molds.

Drape molds (hump molds) are used from the outside: the slab is laid over the mold, or the mold is pressed into a slab resting on soft foam, and you can decorate the piece while it’s on the form. Use a slab that has firmed up a little – we don’t recommend drape molds for very moist clay, as soft clay doesn’t hold its shape over the form. Clay shrinks onto a drape mold, so lift the piece off at the latest when it is leather-hard. Browse them all in Drape Molds.

You’ll also find support molds for building vases and tumblers, and many molds have matching cutters that trim the slab to the perfect size before shaping.

All molds and cutters are 3D-printed from PLA in our workshop in Finland and are intended for non-food use.