Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Feb 25, 2011 10:58 PM Hi Robb, I'm jealous of someone who can paint on velvet with perfection! Thank you for watching my thread as I watch yours. Here are photos of the mold we made yesterday. It's of a simple bowl I sculpted. The mold weighs so much that it will take both Dan and I to tip it to empty out the extra slip. The way I do one is to picture what I'm going to mold and then practice how I will do it in my mind all night long. Then I wake up sleepy and get it done. We are still in practice mode. I tried to lift the side so I could drop it and get bubbles out. I pulled it loose and had plaster ran all over the table. It ruined my name on the bottom. In a couple of days we will cast a bowl to see if the rest is ok. I can always add my name later. Question, will acrylic paint work on velvet? I've only heard of it being done with oils. I used a bowl as a base for my clay. I used a second bowl to make a top. I can cut the clay where I want making different types of bowls from one mold. My glass bowl wasn't level so I used clay to fix that for the mold. Mold soap must be applied to keep the plaster from sticking to new plaster or to your art. It filled up my name etc. so I used a straw to blow it out. I flipped the mold and used the rasp to smooth the corners. The mold is flipped back over. I forgot to take photos showing 1/2 of the clay being removed and smoothed against the bowl, more mold soap and round indentations for locks. When the last of the clay is removed you can see what I did before I poured the plaster. So again mold soap to all the surfaces. The box goes back on and the last piece of the mold is poured. It takes a light tap to break them apart the first time. I removed the original sculpt. Now the mold must completely dry before use. That will give the plaster a chance to harden completely. I have begun glazing the Forbidden Island Tiki Crate statue. The first load is in the kiln. I will post photos next week when they come out. Sorry for the blurry photos I had the up close button on of off and sometimes not at the right time. It was hard to take photos without ruining my camera because we were covered in plaster. More soon, cheers, Wendy ps Swizzle I am using three colors on the statue thanks for sharing your thoughts with me

Hi Robb, I'm jealous of someone who can paint on velvet with perfection! Thank you for watching my thread as I watch yours. Here are photos of the mold we made yesterday. It's of a simple bowl I sculpted. The mold weighs so much that it will take both Dan and I to tip it to empty out the extra slip. The way I do one is to picture what I'm going to mold and then practice how I will do it in my mind all night long. Then I wake up sleepy and get it done. We are still in practice mode. I tried to lift the side so I could drop it and get bubbles out. I pulled it loose and had plaster ran all over the table. It ruined my name on the bottom. In a couple of days we will cast a bowl to see if the rest is ok. I can always add my name later.

Question, will acrylic paint work on velvet? I've only heard of it being done with oils.

I used a bowl as a base for my clay.

I used a second bowl to make a top. I can cut the clay where I want making different types of bowls from one mold.

My glass bowl wasn't level so I used clay to fix that for the mold.

Mold soap must be applied to keep the plaster from sticking to new plaster or to your art. It filled up my name etc. so I used a straw to blow it out.

I flipped the mold and used the rasp to smooth the corners.

The mold is flipped back over. I forgot to take photos showing 1/2 of the clay being removed and smoothed against the bowl, more mold soap and round indentations for locks.

When the last of the clay is removed you can see what I did before I poured the plaster.

So again mold soap to all the surfaces.

The box goes back on and the last piece of the mold is poured.

It takes a light tap to break them apart the first time.

I removed the original sculpt.

Now the mold must completely dry before use. That will give the plaster a chance to harden completely.

I have begun glazing the Forbidden Island Tiki Crate statue. The first load is in the kiln. I will post photos next week when they come out.

Sorry for the blurry photos I had the up close button on of off and sometimes not at the right time. It was hard to take photos without ruining my camera because we were covered in plaster.

More soon, cheers, Wendy

ps Swizzle I am using three colors on the statue thanks for sharing your thoughts with me

Post #577835 by danlovestikis on Fri, Feb 25, 2011 10:58 PM