Posts Tagged ‘mold making’
Well holy crap! Since I've gotten back to work on this piece the followers on Instagram has almost doubled! Now go and make ye fishers of men! But seriously, the interest people have shown along with the complements they have posted has really geared me up to finish this piece. Plus, who would have thought that Instagram would be such a helpful resource. The Tyrannosaurus had been put aside so that I could finish a couple other projects: the Triceratops doorknocker for David's new home, some Steampunkey bugs, and a human heart pendant. While on the shelf, this dinosaur became very intimidating and it'd seriously still be sitting there today if it weren't for some friends and Instagrammars asking me about it. It just goes to show, what a profound effect just a little bit of free encouragement can do. The last time I blogged about this piece was back...
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David. David who? David who just bought my first functional triceratops door knocker! Ain't that cool? Thanks David. He contacted me a couple weeks ago about the knocker. The Triceratops is his favorite dinosaur and he was excited to see my beginning attempt at a triceratops door knocker. I was scared to mold it myself though, I didn't want to risk destroying ANOTHER piece. Also, it's a knocker, getting banged around is it's primary function... it had to be done right or it would just fall apart. I looked into having it professionally molded and cast which turns out to be a pricey endeavor. In turn, for me to make a profit, I would have to sell a product at a price that I myself could not afford and that just doesn't jive. So, although mold making is scary and terribly messy (it's SO messy) the most cost effective thing...
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While gearing up for today's post, I tried to think of the perfect title while still keeping it modest. I feel terrible dropping down to one post a week, but I've evened that out with how good I feel about my most recent project that I'm about to share with you. If you caught my last post then you'll already know I've been sculpting a Spiney Orb Weaver spider; it's one of the few native critters in my South Florida neighborhood, besides myself. Like me, this spider has no heightened sense of style nor NASCAR-like driving skills on I-95. We like hanging-out around pools and we're lovers not fighters; I've played with this abundant species all my life and if they were poisonous... I'd be dead. The "awesomeness" I feel about this sculpture is partly due to the kinship I feel for the spider itself. I was born and raised in Hollywood Florida. "Where?!" Yes......
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Due to trying new materials for the first time, yesterday's results were (as I should have expected) unexpected. The three parts of the mold I was creating solidified into one solid piece causing a real horror of a demold. In lieu of that, I went back to the material I'm more familiar with and made a of the Rook chess piece. Don't get me wrong, there were still unexpected things, but nothing major... nothing broken. The key to measuring and making a proper barrier around the piece is to be sure to give yourself plenty of working space. The piece will need to be half buried in wet clay, so the more space you have to do this the easier it is. In hindsight, I probably could have given myself a little more room. ...
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pparently, I forgot to knock on wood as I wrote my last post. "Awe, look how confident he tried to act... isn't that cute." So, now the top half of Amy and Tod's original lighter case is in pieces and I'm not sure if the mold itself is salvagable. <insert dumbfounded here> I was so careful while prepairing the lighter case for the NEW blue rubber mold material. I checked and double-checked that all spaces were sealed as I smoothed each section of clay barrier to pour the first piece... then the second... and third. I guess looking back on it now, the process did go suspiciously super-duper smooth. I the issue lied in one of the following: The "wet clay" I used to make my barriers might have reacted poorly with the rubber during the curing. I did not give the...
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