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YOU WILL NEED:

VASALINE

LOTS OF TOWELS THAT YOURE NOT PARTICULARLY ATTACHED TO

SCISSORS

PLASTER WRAP BANDAGES

A PATIENT MODEL WHO LIKES TO GET A LITTLE DIRTY

aaaannnnddd... a BOWL OF WARM WATER




[to start! decide what part of the body you are casting, example, back? front torso? face? belly? boobies?? then.

ok. so you need vasaline.. i cant stress the vasaline part enough, SLATHER IT ON. uhm you need a bowl of warm water, and a patient model. i found out you can get plaster clothes at art supplies stores. or a drug store. but theyre cheaper form an art store. or if youre super cleaver.. it might be worth it to find a medical supplies store? but thats hard.. then cut the sheets into 2 inch strips. 2'x6 inches is easiest for backs, but depending you might want to work bigger or smaller...

ok.. so when youve got the selected apendage slathered up. dip the plaster cloth in warm water, let some water drip off, and then smooth it on to the skin, working from top to bottom.
you can pretty much just apply on top of damp layers,.. you want about 3 layers. the more you smooth it... the more like plaster and the less like cloth it will look like.. when i did a back it took about 40 minutes?

then youll know its ready to pop off if you can lift at the edges and it keeps its shape and doesnt bend. you need to let it dry over night before you do anything to it. ie. gess and paint it, or sand it, or varnish it.

if you want to texture it (smooth it out or make it sculpture-esque and chunky) then use liquid plaster .. and the i use white glue around the edges..if you want to trim it, then glue the frayed bits down..



theres lots of steps.. but theyre super fun once you get it donw... i would suggest starting with somthing small like a face for practice before you try something big.

*** if you are casting someones face, it is ok to go over the eys.. AS LONG AS YOU COVER THE EYES WITH A STRIP OF CLOTH*** .. plastering over mouths is fine. as long as they can keep it closed...and never plaster over someones nostrils. . thats just not nice.



i love making casts... theres somthing so sensal about it.. but also morbid.. and historic.. and then theyre bandages? so its very comforting, and reassuring. i find cast making kind of like cementing ideas. its kind of like preserving an absract emotion/feeling.. its like a memory you can hold... ..

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*sigh*

new uploads?

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more soon.

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anyways. work will get uploaded as i make it.
theres non uploaded. .. because im not making any.



although latley ive been being incredibly melodramatic and self indugent. ive been painting a portrait. of a someone. you might get to see it. i kind of like it.

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"I stayed up all night wondering if i might be tired of it all.. staring at the wall.."


..sometimes i wish i could open up Clare's head and sit in her brain and be privy to all the brilliant thoughts that never make it out alive.




I mean this in the best way possible.


(as in: i miss you)

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Yay classes! love art classes!. make Evelyn so happy.

Because this is a city of creation. im finding it really easy to collaborate with other artists my age. Ive found this photographer who's doing a piece on uniforms outside the workplace. (might as well get some good use out of my crappy shitty Second Cup uniform)

check out his work.>>
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also starting to feel the easy unforced inspiration trickle back. its a good thing. I missed it.



..anyone out there live in Montreal these days??

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art will soon follow. Im not feeling very self directed at the moment.


its a beautiful evening in Montreal. lets enjoy it.

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also, sometimes i get frustrated trying to sort through the shit here to find the talent.
but im inspired. there are so many amazing works here that dont get recognized.

Props to anyone out there who's working on unique, original pieces. keep at it!

]]> ~0FlowerChild0 http://0FlowerChild0.deviantart.com/journal/18470252/ http://0FlowerChild0.deviantart.com/journal/18470252/ Fri, 23 May 2008 20:54:25 PDT I was looking through Clare's brilliant work.. and decided it had a was time to actually site down and post some stuff. yes. : ) agreed.

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