Cindy Gatto on tue 4 sep 07
I am not positive if you are talking about making a mold of a sculpture of a
torso or if you are planning to take a cast of a person. Big difference, if
you are taking a cast of a person DO NOT use plaster you will burn them!
Plaster gets hot when it is setting up Very HOT There are materials that are made
specifically for life casting. As a matter of fact there is a company called
life casts and they sell kits for different body parts. They have pregnant
stomachs, faces and hands or feet. It has everything you need for that
particular body part. They have a web site- _www.lifecast.com_
(http://www.lifecast.com) They have all different types of kits and they are SAFE. I have also
used something called Alginate from The casting kit company out of Huntington
Beach Ca. There web is _www.castingkits.com_ (http://www.castingkits.com)
Laguna also sells products for life casting it is on pg. 95 of there catalog. I
will tell you this stuff is not cheap but it is the correct stuff to use It
will not burn any body part and I mean any part and yes Mark did and there
weren't any problems
Cindy Gatto & Mark Petrin
The Mudpit
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Brooklyn, NY 11206
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C. A. Sanger on tue 4 sep 07
A friend with no 3-D background asked me how to
make a mold of a woman's torso. In this case,
the woman is very generously endowed. I have
limited personal knowledge of molding and
casting. Could anyone offer advice on how to
make a torso mold, what materials to use and
where to order them, web sites or books showing
how to, etc.? Thanks for your kind help. C.
A. Sanger Sparfish Studio
Dan Saultman on tue 4 sep 07
C.A.,
Body Double is a new silicone rubber that can be applied directly to
the skin to make fast and lasting molds. Face, hands, body parts.
Here's the link.
http://smooth-on.com/
Dan Saultman
Fine-Art Pottery
Detroit
http://www.saultman.com
On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:25 PM, C. A. Sanger wrote:
> A friend with no 3-D background asked me how to
> make a mold of a woman's torso. In this case,
> the woman is very generously endowed. I have
> limited personal knowledge of molding and
> casting. Could anyone offer advice on how to
> make a torso mold, what materials to use and
> where to order them, web sites or books showing
> how to, etc.? Thanks for your kind help. C.
> A. Sanger Sparfish Studio
>
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Marcia Selsor on tue 4 sep 07
You can use those plaster bandages for the first layers and then go
to mixed plaster to beef up the walls.
If you are planning to do the whole torso, you'll need to find the
half way point (avoid undercuts) You would have
to shim the seam between the first part and the second part. Make
sure the model is well greased with vaseline, especially pubic hairs.
I have seen cases where people forgot to do that..ouch!
I cast a nine month pregnant woman artist, front only. It was a
really great mold that she later used for paper/felt molds. Really
cool installation when she was done.
Marcia
On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:25 PM, C. A. Sanger wrote:
> A friend with no 3-D background asked me how to
> make a mold of a woman's torso. In this case,
> the woman is very generously endowed. I have
> limited personal knowledge of molding and
> casting. Could anyone offer advice on how to
> make a torso mold, what materials to use and
> where to order them, web sites or books showing
> how to, etc.? Thanks for your kind help. C.
> A. Sanger Sparfish Studio
>
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Rose Bauer on tue 4 sep 07
Hi C.A.
Another method is to wrap the body in plaster impregnated gauze and then use the thin shell
plaster cast to develop the actual mold.
A negitive is made of the positive, which is then made into a large paper plaster "torso" dish into
which the casting slip in poured.
.... a long arduous proceess ... plenty of plastering and sanding in between the first step and the
finished piece.
I've posted a few images on my flickr site.
Let me know if you want to know more.
cheers,
rose bauer
... in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies
http://www.flickr.com/
Rose Bauer on tue 4 sep 07
My apologies, I meant to contact C.A off-list.
However, a number of people have requsted the link so here it is.
cheers
rose bauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tumblestack/
Maurice Weitman on wed 5 sep 07
At 21:48 -0400 on 9/5/07, Mudpitnyc@aol.com wrote:
>I'm sorry I'm not up on computer lingo What does TMI mean?
Multiple choice, Cindy:
a) Torso Mold Insurance
b) Three-Mile Island (remember that???)
c) Too Much Information
d) The Mudpit, Inc.
Get your answer in by midnight. Winners will be selected at Random,
NJ and notified by ESP.
Regards,
Maurice
Earl Krueger on wed 5 sep 07
On 9/5/07, Cindy Gatto wrote:
>
> I'm sorry I'm not up on computer lingo What does TMI mean?
Cindy,
I didn't know either so I googled (that is a verb now) TMI
and it either means "Too Much Information" or "Three
Mile Island".
I still can't decide which definition I prefer in this context.
Earl...
Earl Krueger
Elmira, Oregon, usa
Weiland, Jeff on wed 5 sep 07
The one thing that I would add to the many suggestions that you have
received already is to make sure you back up the plaster with
reinforcement, especially since this will be on the large side. A couple
of years ago I was given a whole case of the fiberglass gauze use for
broken bones. It was past date and the doctor was throwing it away. It
air dries and is hard as rock. More than plaster. The students made a
"Lady Liberty" type torch out of it that was as hard as a baseball bat.
Could be used as a golf club or hammer also. The point? You can make a
much thinner shell with reinforcing. Much less weight. Easier to handle
and stronger.
Jeff Weiland
Greenfield-Central High School
810 North Broadway
Greenfield, Indiana 46140
317-462-9211
jweiland@gcsc.k12.in.us
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of C. A.
Sanger
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:25 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Torso Mold
A friend with no 3-D background asked me how to
make a mold of a woman's torso. In this case,
the woman is very generously endowed. I have
limited personal knowledge of molding and
casting. Could anyone offer advice on how to
make a torso mold, what materials to use and
where to order them, web sites or books showing
how to, etc.? Thanks for your kind help. C.
A. Sanger Sparfish Studio
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Ron Johnson on wed 5 sep 07
For the LifeCast site, try www.lifecast.net -- the .com version is about something else
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Cindy Gatto
[snip]
As a matter of fact there is a company called
> life casts and they sell kits for different body parts. They have pregnant
> stomachs, faces and hands or feet. It has everything you need for that
> particular body part. They have a web site- _www.lifecast.com_
> (http://www.lifecast.com) They have all different types of kits and they are
> SAFE.
[snip]
It
> will not burn any body part and I mean any part and yes Mark did and there
> weren't any problems
>
TMI?
Carole Fox on wed 5 sep 07
Shall I tell you all the story about the guy in my class who made a cast of
his chest and apparently DIDN'T use enough Vaseline? Guess who had the
smallest hands and therefore the job of reaching up under the cast and
cutting each hair with a tiny manicure scissors?
Scary!
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
silverfoxpottery@comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcia Selsor"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Torso Mold
> You can use those plaster bandages for the first layers and then go
> to mixed plaster to beef up the walls.
> If you are planning to do the whole torso, you'll need to find the
> half way point (avoid undercuts) You would have
> to shim the seam between the first part and the second part. Make
> sure the model is well greased with vaseline, especially pubic hairs.
> I have seen cases where people forgot to do that..ouch!
Marcia Selsor on wed 5 sep 07
Did
i tell you about a young woman who wanted to cast her foot so she
stuck it in a bucket of plaster
...and then her boyfriend had to chisel her foot out of the bucket!
(?!!)
Really happened.
Marcia
On Sep 5, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Carole Fox wrote:
> Shall I tell you all the story about the guy in my class who made a
> cast of
> his chest and apparently DIDN'T use enough Vaseline? Guess who had the
> smallest hands and therefore the job of reaching up under the cast and
> cutting each hair with a tiny manicure scissors?
>
> Scary!
> Carole Fox
> Silver Fox Pottery
> Elkton, MD
> silverfoxpottery@comcast.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcia Selsor"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Torso Mold
>
>
>> You can use those plaster bandages for the first layers and then go
>> to mixed plaster to beef up the walls.
>> If you are planning to do the whole torso, you'll need to find the
>> half way point (avoid undercuts) You would have
>> to shim the seam between the first part and the second part. Make
>> sure the model is well greased with vaseline, especially pubic hairs.
>> I have seen cases where people forgot to do that..ouch!
>
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Cindy Gatto on wed 5 sep 07
I'm sorry I'm not up on computer lingo What does TMI mean?
Cindy Gatto & Mark Petrin
The Mudpit
228 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-218-9424
_www.mudpitnyc.com_ (http://www.mudpitnyc.com/)
mudpitnyc@aol.com
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claystevslat on wed 5 sep 07
I don't know if it's any good or not, but
ArtMold makes a 'front torso casting kit'
I've seen at Seattle Pottery Supply. I
about fell down laughing thinking of
what my dear wife would say if I brought
it home -- the graphic on the box indicates
that a generously endowed model should be
no problem.
-- Steve Slatin
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, "C. A. Sanger"
wrote:
>
> A friend with no 3-D background asked me how to
> make a mold of a woman's torso. In this case,
> the woman is very generously endowed. I have
> limited personal knowledge of molding and
> casting. Could anyone offer advice on how to
> make a torso mold, what materials to use and
> where to order them, web sites or books showing
> how to, etc.? Thanks for your kind help. C.
> A. Sanger Sparfish Studio
Ron Johnson on thu 6 sep 07
In this case, it was meant to convey, with only humorous intent, the squeamishness popularly supposed to accompany knowing more about someone than one wishes to know. If fact, however, several questions came to mind but I decided the better part of valor, for me in this instance, was discretion.
Ron Johnson
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From: Cindy Gatto
> I'm sorry I'm not up on computer lingo What does TMI mean?
>
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