Interview with a DWATer: Slightly Unhinged, Mostly Silicone
5 days ago
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5 days ago
·Interview with a DWATer: Slightly Unhinged, Mostly Silicone
You know our moulds. You know our attitude. You’ve probably heard us say something utterly inappropriate on a live without even blinking, and while you pretty much know us by now, I thought you might want to know a bit more about the people behind the plums.
So, I cornered the team and asked them the important stuff. Like, what’s your favourite mould? What job makes you die inside? And which DWAT product matches your personality?
Here’s what went down:
1.What’s your favourite part of working at DWAT? Is there a task you genuinely look forward to doing?
Toni: Coming up with designs or actually pouring the silicone, so satisfying
Jess: Creating content for social media or posting customers’ orders. Its satisfying packaging them up and sending them to their final destination.
Corinne: Creating new products
John: Turning ideas into physical things, whether that’s our inhouse products or custom designs
2.Now, the hard-hitting question: what’s your favourite DWAT mould, and why?
Toni: Easily Zombie heads, so satisfying to pour, easy to demould, so much detail. Love it.
Jess: Same as Toni! But if I have to pick something different – the penguin moulds. I love penguins.
Corinne: Enchanted Locks
John: For some reason I just really love the Christmas HoBa blank, I think the form looks like a work of art
3.Which DWAT product do you think is the most underrated, or doesn’t get as much love as it deserves?
Toni: Bum Handprint or Heart Locks, so cute and can be used for so many things.
Jess: The Cute Unicorn mould – So cute!
Corinne: Any of the Scrape ‘n’ Scoop moulds
John: I can’t pick one. Obviously they’re all super underrated and everyone should buy them all – Except the 3D Chicks.
4.What’s your “nemesis mould” that you absolutely dread working with (but still love, kind of)?
Toni: Moon Wolf! Cannot demould it for the life of me, can't be used on the heat bed and of course we always need lots of them!
Jess: I don’t really have one, if I can’t demould something I just pass it along 😅
Corinne: 3D Treasure Chest
John: The 3D Chicks, please don’t order them – I’ll feel personally victimised if you do (Absolute nightmare to demould!)
5.Is there a product or mould that you didn’t expect to be such a hit, but ended up becoming really popular?
Toni: The burners, I expected them to be popular but was surprised at just how popular they were
Jess: The 3D Sunflower – I thought the bunnies and the cows would be popular but didn’t imagine the sunflower
Corinne: The sweary moulds
John: The Turning Goddess Snapbar – When I was designing this, I wasn’t happy with how it looked, I was about to delete my work. Luckily Corinne saw over my shoulder, and we released it. It became our best-selling product of all time.
6.What’s your least favourite job to do, and why is it so dreaded?
Toni: Changing the barrels. They're heavy, its messy and definitely not the most glamourous thing to do.
Jess: Putting the blanks away after a big pour, there are just so many
Corinne: Cleaning the moulds after wax tests to go to the reps
John: Demoulding the 3D Chicks, it is a fate worse than death.
7.What’s your go-to phrase or catchphrase that gets said constantly around the unit?
Toni: "John, can you demould this?"
Jess: “Have the day you deserve,” or “Party party yahhh”
Corinne: “This needs a good blow”
John: “Anyone seen the orange handled scraper?”
8.If you had to choose one DWAT mould to describe your personality, which one would you pick?
Toni: Probably the Baby Dragon, or the Bat, theyre cute but with a fiery side
Jess: The “Have the Day You Deserve” mould! Corinne themed it after my catchphrase, we debated having it as my email signature but decided against it!
Corinne: Any of the sweary moulds.
John: Dangly Sausages – No particular reason, I just wanted to write that down.
Did you guess any of our answers right?
Were you screaming “Of course Jess picked the penguins” from the start? Think you knew I would be Team Zombie Head? Or maybe you’re as surprised as we were that the Cute Unicorn is still flying under the radar.
Well, that’s us—unfiltered and mildly feral. From dragon vibes to demoulding dramas, we’re the silicone-splattered, sweary souls behind every weird and wonderful creation at DWAT.
Have a question you'd like us to answer next time? Or want to know who keeps losing the pokey tool? Let us know.
Head over to our Facebook group, find the post for this blog, and drop your question in the comments. I’ll add the best ones into the next round.
Go on—ask away. Just don’t expect serious answers.
Love, Toni x
