Making a Wild Clay Cone Mold for Future Mushroom Caps & Halloween Idea

Making a custom wild clay cone mold from scratch! I needed a consistent cone mold to build cone-shaped ceramic mushrooms (and maybe an eerie witch-hat lantern for Halloween 🎃). So I decided to handbuild a durable clay hump/slump mold using slab-building techniques. I find pottery is all about trial, error, and tool-making, so stick around to the very end for a quick blooper that made me realize the importance basic geometry. 🤣 If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like and subscribe for more wild clay experiments! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro: Cone Mold 00:09 - Kneading Clay 00:31 - Squishing Clay Flat 00:41 - Rolling Clay 00:56 - Cutting Trapezoid (7.5x11.5 in) 02:23 - 45-Degree Bevel Cut & Standing 02:54 - Seaming Cone 03:34 - Compressing Against Rolling Pin 04:21 - Fixing Wonky Shape 05:45 - Smoothing Cone 07:48 - Checking Straightness 08:04 - Halloween Project Idea 08:51 - Why I Make Molds 09:27 - Top Hole Trimming & Patching 10:47 - Sponge Finish 11:50 - Cone Done! (& Blooper)