First Project in-process Pictures

For our first project in my Sculpture 5, I choose to make a cat with a demon mouth on it's chest. I figured it's fun and getting close to Halloween. I have never casted a piece in plaster before, and I want to start to know the process with molds, and casting. So I figured making into plaster would be a good place to start.


1) First, I molded my cat into clay.

2) Then from there, I put the metal pieces in it to divide it into two parts. I mixed up some plaster and whipped it onto one side of my piece. Let that dry and then did the other side. After that dried, I cleaned up the edges and slowly wedged my piece open.

3) I then cleaned out the molds and got it prepared for the final step. Then I put it in evenly in the sand.

 

4) I mix up some more plaster and poured that inside. Then I let it sit and dry. Slowly, wedged it open and hammer away the outer plaster mold.

 

 

 

 

After, I did have to go back in and re-carve out some of the detail especially in the mouth area. I do not have a final picture up but I will get it up soon to show you how it turned out. I did epoxy his tail and feet back on. I do plan on painting it and I will post pictures to when I get to that stage.