PUSH Extruder

Temporarily Discontinued: Due to the impact of Hurricane Helene, the PUSH Extruder line is temporarily discontinued for the foreseeable future. Mudtools has lost both the workshop facility and the advanced equipment necessary for producing the PUSH line of tools. We will continue to offer service and support for all existing PUSH Extruders.   A new way to work! The first extruder I ever used was a small, multicolored plastic model. Do you remember those? I was 5 and I made some awesome star-shaped tubes and piles of “spaghetti noodles.” Now, many years later, I’m still making things with an extruder - but I’ve made a few changes to that early model.    Back in the ’90’s, in my own studio practice, I was throwing and altering forms to use as functional and sculptural elements in my work.  I began to experiment with extruded tubes and quickly realized that when I applied the same altering techniques to the extrusions -the possibilities for form were unlimited! As my sculptural forms be