Color Search

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This is a color test. It says “Buff” on the bottle. Looks orange to me but we’ll see what shade it dries as. The green thing in the center is a straw for where you hang it on a nail flush with the wall. And you can just make out the outline to the biscuit in the lower left corner. The photo on the right is the natural color of the cement without the color added. What do you all think?

This one is “Brown” and when I tried it before it came out really light, but I skimped on how much I added that time because I wasn’t sure how it might impact the curing of the concrete. Not this time though.

Here they are side by side.

It Begins

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I started the mold making process today. This is the first coat of latex rubber. It takes about 20 coats plus a cellulose thickener. Depending on the temperature I can usually do two coats a day. Then I’ll need to make a cradle to hold the empty rubber mold in place when I use it to make a casting. The cradle for this one is going to be tricky. I’ve used plaster in the past, but this one might have to be part foam. I’ve ten days to figure it out.

Almost Finished

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I’m getting close to finishing. What’s left is smoothing out the tool marks and fingerprints. With the heatwave here in Oregon, the plastilina clay is really soft and sticky. I may have to make room in the fridge for it so it’ll harden up for the next step.  

Pug Proportions

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I’ve never sculpted the whole pug before, just the heads and faces. This is a work in progress. I’ve only roughed in where things go as I work on getting the proportions right. Proportions come first, then details. Why spend a lot of time on the paw’s pads and claws if it turns out the paw is too small to start with and needs to be sculpted bigger, right? So I ask all of you, how are my proportions so far?

Here Comes the Blue Goop

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I thought some folks might be interested in seeing some of the steps in the mold making process of the “pug head tilt” sculptures I’ve been working one. The blue stuff is a silicone called Oomoo 30. I just poured these and I now have six hours of anticipation with my fingers crossed that no air bubbles are going to mess them up. I’ve realized that air bubbles are the mold maker’s nemesis.