26.11.12

I had to move out of my uni accommodation on Saturday, meaning that I might not get to complete my resin project soon, due to everything being in storage.

Anyway here is a drawing that I've been working on the last few days. I put more effort and time into it compared to some of my previous drawings.

resin cast

These two pictures here, show the 2 halfs of the laytex mould.  They worked well, however the thickness are uneven and kind of ugly.  I read that some people use lego blocks to build the outside walls (instead of cardboard), because they are even, can be broken down easily and are re-usable.  I think I might try that technique at a later date.

Then I poured some resin into one half and shook it to make a hollow cast. 
(A hollow cast is when you coat the outsides of the mould so that the inside is hollow).
The resin I usually use takes about a day to dry, however I used a different type of resin this time that only takes 5 MINUTES to dry.  That's crazy!!

So crazy that the resin dried before I finished the pour, so i'm going to try it a second time.

the front

half the back is missing

my fork dried like this within 3 mins

Couldn't sleep

I'm having a hard time getting to sleep because the neighbors are having a party next door. In the mean while I decided to do a drawing.

Naked guy drawn with graphite on paper

Mold

Thank you Vaseline <3

The first half of the mold came out nicely without everything getting stuck together.

I then put Vaseline all over the back side and made a new box for it to sit in, (made out of the sophisticated material called cardboardium).

Then I mixed up a new batch of latex to cast the other side. The small cup, with a hole, is put there so I can put more latex on the raised part of the head, without it leaking down the sides.

Sketchy stuff

Not too much serious stuff today. Just random drawings and storyboard ideas.

figure part 2

I meant to post this yesterday but I forgot, so here it is. 

In the first picture, I pushed half of the figure into some clay, so that I could mold the first half of the figure and the second image is of me pouring the laytex into the box, after I covered everything underneith with vaseline.
I'm a bit scared that the bottom layer of clay will dry and stick to the figure (I put vaseline in between the figure and the clay, but who knows).  However the laytex is still wet (and smelly) so I can't check yet.

In the mean while, I'm going a little bit crazy because I have my final French exam tomorrow.  I hope everything goes ok.   0(>o<)0

Primed up!!

The picture probably looks the same to you guys, since the clay was white to begin with. However since the last post I've sanded and primed the figure with gesso and a little of mod podge to smooth and water proof it.