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Get ready to cast
So you've got your molds ready now it's time to cast some sculpture. This lens is all about how to cast your sculptures using a variety of materials, polymer clay, plaster, resin, porcelain, and more.
Contents at a Glance
Mold Making
You need a mold to cast from, this lens tells you how.
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Making Molds of Polymer Clay Sculpture
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The wonderful thing about polymer clay is that you can create one of a kind sculpture with it but sometimes you might want to make copies of a sculpture. For that you need to make a mold and then cast in a material like resin, plaster, or porcelain....
Materials
Casting Materials Covered in this Lens:
Polymer Clay - A man-made modeling compound composed mainly of PVC resin, plasticiser, and pigments as well as other fillers including mica.
Plaster - Quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine white powder, calcium sulfate hemihydrate, which hardens when moistened and allowed to dry.
Concrete - A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.
Resin -
Porcelain and Other Clay Slip - Clay slip is made by adding water to clay to form a thick liquid.
Casting Books
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Using Push Molds
Most casting is done using liquids that harden in the mold. Polymer clay is the exception. Soft polymer clay is pressed into a mold, usually of plaster or firm rubber, and then removed and baked to cure.Note: There is some controversy in the polymer clay world about using push molds for sculpture. If you use one (especially if it is a purchased mold not one you created yourself) you should disclose the fact that you used a mold.
Polymer clay is generally a safe material to use however you should not use any dishes or utensils for food after being used for polymer clay and never exceed the recommended baking temperature.
Polymer Clay Cast Links
- Polymer Clay FAQ | Using Molds
- How to mold and sculpt polymer clay
- Customer art gallery, how to use a polymer clay push mold, art doll face cab projects.
- Customer art gallery: How to use a polymer clay push mold. How can I make my own art doll face cabs using paperclay, UTEE, PMC or other craft materials? Make clay pendants and sell your jewelry made with my craft supplies. Project ideas!
- Handmade Polymer Clay mold
- There is lot of fun using clay mold, many project can be created from these molds, such as embellishment to decorative your handmade greeting card, Gift tag, Gift Box, Scrapbook page, Jewelry, beads, Altered Books or anything you can thinking of to use with. You may make a few finished pieces from m
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Plaster and Concrete Casting
Caution: Dry plaster and concrete can irritate the respiratory system so it should be used in a well ventilated area with safety glasses and dust mask/respirator. Curing plaster and concrete generates heat and can get hot enough to cause burns.
Links on Casting in Plaster and Concrete
- Online Art Magazine - How to: Plaster Casting from a Latex Mold
- How to: Plaster Casting from a Latex Mold
- How I create a Gargoyle
- Tutorial by Tamara Dozier on sculpting, molding and then casting in plaster a gargoyle.
- Pouring the Models
- Plaster Master work from home series on casting in plaster.
- Concrete Casting Essentials
- Tutorial from Smooth-On
- Eliminating Surface Voids in Concrete
- Smooth-On - How To
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Concrete Casting Books
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Caution: Resins are toxic, use only in a well ventilated area with safety glasses and rubber gloves. Seek medical attention if resin comes in contact with eyes or mouth.
Links on Resin Casting
- Dan Perez Studios - Molding and Casting Tutorial
- One of the questions I'm most often asked is "how can I mold and cast my sculptures to make model kits?" I've created a step by step tutorial to show you how. This isn't a complete guide, but it should be enough to get you started.
- Starship Modeler - Resin Casting Primer
- Jack Wendt discusses resin casting..
- Casting using plastic & resin
- Hirst Arts Casting Page
Build Your Own Roto-Caster Video
For casting hollow resin figures.
DIY Roto-molding machine
This is an at-home roto-molding machine I whipped up in about 3 hours one night. To build one like it you will need: -About 20 dollars worth of Fisher Price Construx from ebay -A drill (DeWalt's fit nicely, but anything should work) -A few wood screws to hold down the Construx -A piece of scrap wood For my casting material I like using Alumilite and Polytek resins, they are both REALLY easy to work with and fairly cheap. Any RTV resin should work well as long as it has a short set time.
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Slip Casting
Links on Slip Casting
- Slip Casting
- Basic Slip Casting by Richard Burkett
- Casting Your Miniature Doll Molds
- This tutorial will provide you with step by step instructions on the use of your miniature doll mold.
Slip Casting Books
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- BuffaloKid BuffaloKid Jan 30, 2009 @ 8:44 am
- Well done! I need to try more of this.
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