Post #792509 by danlovestikis on Thu, Jan 17, 2019 6:21 PM

Hamo it's wonderful to have a model right here in my home. He also modeled for the Maori Head I made with the tongue out.

hang10tiki W- love the new SnP
I’ve never seen the originals in person ...come for a visit and I'll ask Dan if he can show you then! You did mean the butt didn't you?

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Now it was time to make the mold.

I found a board to put the shaker on and then I put some blocks around it. Wait a minute I don't have a box that is this small!

So I went and got a plastic container to use as the mold box. I put the blocks in place.

then I covered the blocks with clay and made a dam too.

We mixed a small batch of plaster and then

poured in in to the container.

After it had turned warm and set up I removed enough clay that I could take it all out of the plastic container.

I then removed all of the clay and blocks.

I chisel away any plaster that isn't a tight fit to the sculpture. That will keep the mold lines, that have to be cleaned off, smaller.

One mold piece done, two more to go. What do I have that will work for the next box? Cliff hanger. Cheers, Wendy