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moulding
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moulding

Use of a pattern, hollow form, or matrix to give a specific shape to something in a plastic or molten state. It is commonly used for shaping plastics, clays, and glass. When metals are used, the process is called casting.

In injection moulding, molten plastic, for example, is injected into a water-cooled mould and takes the shape of the mould when it solidifies. In blow moulding, air is blown into a blob of molten plastic inside a hollow mould. In compression moulding, synthetic resin powder is simultaneously heated and pressed into a mould.


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One of the most dynamic clay sculptures is a sphere created out of casts of hands.
ROME -- A child walks through miniature clay sculptures displayed on the staircase of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
Clay Sculpture in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Italy" (Maria Giulia Barberini), "Bernini's Models for the Angels of the Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome" (Bruce Boucher), "Canova's Work in Clay" (Hugh Honour), and "The Making of Terracotta Sculpture: Techniques and Observations" (Charlotte Hubbard and Peta Motture).
 
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