#Make a face mold how to#

The mold was some sort of plaster and than they poured the cement wall.

LOL I once watched a contractor make a decorative concrete wall. Have the fun of watching you sculpture reveal itself more each day. Or you could just set the whole thing outside and watch nature take its course. Since plaster hates water,, the plaster will disintegrate as the cement hardens. The thing is, concrete needs water to cure so you keep the plaster wet. Than take out the Wed Clay and than pouring the concrete. I want to, some day, make some large gargoyle statues.Īnyway to get to the point i wonder what you think of the idea of first sculpting the gargoyle out of Wed Clay than painting on a plaster shell around it. There are quite a few melt able and reusable casting materials but they are still too expensive for the size that I would need and are still a big hassle to use. than on the other hand silicone rubber is so expensive especially if you only want to make one copy. I used to make latex molds and cast concrete in them. I was reading this discussion on making cement sculptures and it brought up an idea that has been coming up in my mind every now and than but I have yet to follow through on it. I ordered your book on “Fast Faces” and am excited to get it. Thanks for the important information and thanks for the fun. It’s strange how a person can get bogged down with the technical aspects of sculpting and lose sight of the fun of just doing it. Now by using the clay you suggest and letting it harden by itself a little bit I can make my silicone molds without having to struggle with the harder tedious clays and worrying about brushing out the detail. I used to use a very soft Plasticine clay which allowed for the spontaneity but when I started to make silicone molds from my sculpts I went to the harder Plasticine clays which, in a very short time, became tedious and a lot less fun. I have been making silicone molds for years but the way you use the clay, and the clay you use, will be big benefit for me. Than the short part where you touch on using silicone to make molds. My sculpts turned out well but I sure was making things hard for myself. I can’t believe the way I was sculpting before.

#Make a face mold how to#

The first was that great sculpting stand that you should us how to make. There were three things that were especially helpful for me. I received your”Fast Faces” book yesterday and it’s a great book. How to make a portrait mask for Halloween.

Sculpt faces with this DIY skull-shaped form.

How to make a silicone mold for paper mache.

If you’d prefer to purchase the Rebound 25 and Thi-Vex from Amazon instead of directly from the Smooth-On company, you can find them here. I didn’t follow all their instructions because I wanted to save money. The Smooth-On website has tutorials for the Rebound 25 brushable silicone mold material here. The silicone is expensive, but both cement and plaster are really cheap. A 50 pound bag costs about $5, and that will make a lot of castings. You can find it at most Lowes and Home Depot stores here in the US. That way, if the first one doesn’t come out quite right you can make another one without spending so much time waiting for the cement to get hard. It would be nice to use a product that sets up faster, though. As I mentioned in the video, I lost the label for the brand of cement I used for my bulldog, but the brand doesn’t really matter. If you get a blank look, mention stepping stones. When you go to the DIY store for your cement, tell the clerk you’d like a product that contains Portland cement and can be used in a mold.

Plaster of Paris is easier to use than concrete, but you can’t leave a plaster sculpture outside. The castings can be painted with acrylic or latex paint, but I really like the natural color of concrete. Making duplicates will only take a few minutes because you already have the mold, and the new casting will cost about a nickel. The molds are a little expensive for just one casting, but when your neighbors see them they’ll probably want some, too. Our friend Rex Winn told me he’d like to make some Fast Faces to put out in the garden, and I think that’s a great idea. The ears were made quite thick because concrete doesn’t work well for really thin, delicate forms. There were lumps for ears, but I moved them around. There was a suggestion of a nose on the clay, but it was a triangle, so I gave him a dog nose instead. The mouth and muzzle were already on the lump of clay when I pulled it out of the bag. (To be honest, I intended to take photos, but I was having so much fun that I forgot. I didn’t take photos when I made the bulldog face in the video, because it was made the same way as the faces in th ebook.