Bryan on tue 2 mar 99
I would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
Mainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
Links?
Bryan Johnson
Bryan on tue 2 mar 99
I would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
Mainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
Links?
Bryan Johnson
Jim Bob Salazar on tue 2 mar 99
hey bryan,
i've done a little casting, faces, breasts and a few other body parts. i
have always used vaseline as a release. it seems to work pretty good. a
friend of mine named eben hall is an under grad at the university of north
texas in denton. he does A LOT of body casting. get in touch with him,
not only could he give you some info but tell you a couple of great stories.
ohno11@hotmail.com
have fun,
jim bob salazar
sul ross state university
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:48 AM
Subject: Plaster life casts
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
>Mainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
>Links?
>
>Bryan Johnson
Phil Rowley on wed 3 mar 99
There is a British artist (I'm afraid I can't remember his name) who has
done life casts of both himself and his wife. After removing clothing, the
unfortunate model is wrapped (a la mummy) with cling film before the plaster
coating is applied.
Phil Rowley
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: 02 March 1999 04:48
Subject: Plaster life casts
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
>Mainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
>Links?
>
>Bryan Johnson
>
Gail Phillips on wed 3 mar 99
Bryan -
Way back when, at fine arts camp, we used Vaseline if we could get it,
otherwise, we'd use bear grease! Stinky! You used to be able to find it in
the hunting and fishing department of big hardware or sporting goods
stores. Go figure. Good luck, and have fun.
-Gail Phillips
Praying Mantis Pottery
Bryan wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
> Mainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
> Links?
>
> Bryan Johnson
Paula Dalton on wed 3 mar 99
Hi Bryan,
My students love to make plaster casts of each other, their
faces, or whatever. Vaseline works for faces. Make sure you get enough
around the hairline, as it is painful to yank plaster from hair. for other
body parts or clothing, we use saran wrap. It works great and keeps the
clothing, shoes, etc. clean. We are using Plastercraft which is gauze
and plaster that you cut into strips and dip in water. It is about
$50.00 a box and it takes a whole box to do one life-size person.
have fun!
Paula Dalton
matthew lettington on wed 3 mar 99
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although I don't know all that much about life casting. I do know that
vaseline should be applkied to the skin first and shaving can only help.
Also becareful which plaster you use, some become very hot. This is for
bagged plaster anyway. Another meathod is to use gauze strips. I'ts
essentially the same material that doctors use for casts , you can buy it
usually from drug stores that have a good health care section. I think they
were called plaster gauze or plaster strips ... sorry hope that helps
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To: CLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU =3CCLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU=3E
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Subject: Plaster life casts
=3E----------------------------Original message----------------------------
=3EI would like more information on making life casts with plaster.
=3EMainly interested in what to us as a separating agent/skin protectant.
=3ELinks?
=3E
=3EBryan Johnson
=3E
D. Kim Lindaberry on thu 4 mar 99
Paula Dalton wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi Bryan,
>
> My students love to make plaster casts of each other, their
> faces, or whatever. Vaseline works for faces. Make sure you get enough
> around the hairline, as it is painful to yank plaster from hair....
Hello All,
Here is a small tip for doing plaster casts of a face. I've taken casts off of
people with full beards and mustaches using this method. Grease down the hair
with vaseline, and cut a piece of plastic the "right" size to cover the hair.
Then I press the plastic into place. This prevents stray hairs from getting
stuck in the plaster (ouch!) The same hold true for someone with really long
eyelashes. I've also used this method around hairlines. I cut out an oval the
size of the face from a sheet of plastic, and then stick it in place with the
vaseline applied to the hairline (as well as the rest of the face). This helps
keep plaster out of the hair and off of clothes too.
cheers
Kim
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Longview Community College
500 SW Longview Road
Art Department
Lee's Summit, MO 64108
USA
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Olivia T Cavy on fri 5 mar 99
Kim,
In doing face casting, I remember wearing an inexpensive shower cap or
what used to be sold as a swimming cap, putting with vasoline or Crisco
on eyebrows and lashes, and also using a cardboard frame around the
face, keeping my hair behind the cardboard. That way there wasn't any
plaster dripping down into my hair (causing pain in removing it from the
hair and wasting the plaster). The cardboard frame was used multiple
times, and was just a stiff piece of cardboard or equivalent, with an
oval approximating the face shape cut out of the middle.
Bonnie
Bonnie D. Hellman
Pittsburgh, PA
work email: bdh@firstcaptl.com or oliviatcavy@juno.com
home email: mou10man@sgi.net
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:43:13 EST "D. Kim Lindaberry"
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>Paula Dalton wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>> Hi Bryan,
>>
>> My students love to make plaster casts of each other, their
>> faces, or whatever. Vaseline works for faces. Make sure you get
>enough
>> around the hairline, as it is painful to yank plaster from hair....
>
>Hello All,
>
>Here is a small tip for doing plaster casts of a face. I've taken
>casts off of
>people with full beards and mustaches using this method. Grease down
>the hair
>with vaseline, and cut a piece of plastic the "right" size to cover
>the hair.
>Then I press the plastic into place. This prevents stray hairs from
>getting
>stuck in the plaster (ouch!) The same hold true for someone with
>really long
>eyelashes. I've also used this method around hairlines. I cut out an
>oval the
>size of the face from a sheet of plastic, and then stick it in place
>with the
>vaseline applied to the hairline (as well as the rest of the face).
>This helps
>keep plaster out of the hair and off of clothes too.
>
>cheers
>
>Kim
>
>--
>D. Kim Lindaberry
>Longview Community College
>500 SW Longview Road
>Art Department
>Lee's Summit, MO 64108
>USA
>
>to visit my web site go to:
>http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/humanities/art/kiml/
>to send e-mail to me use: mailto:kiml@kcmetro.cc.mo.us
>
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Bobbi Bassett on fri 5 mar 99
In a message dated 3/3/99 4:02:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pdalton@freenet.columbus.oh.us writes:
> We are using Plastercraft which is gauze
> and plaster that you cut into strips and dip in water. It is about
> $50.00 a box and it takes a whole box to do one life-size person.
> have fun!
>
> Paula Dalton
Paula.... we have been using the same plaster bandage that is used for casts
by doctors and hospitals for years. The last time I bought it(a couple of
years ago) it was $12 a box at a hospital supply. As a business I had no
trouble buying it from them and it's dirt cheap compared to what the potter
supply houses sell repackaged for craft use. It's well worth checking out.
Bobbi in PA
Abro on fri 5 mar 99
The suggestions for making casts of body parts are all good ones. I have
one more to add. For getting lots of detail, use mulage (sp). its the
stuff dentists use to make mouth molds. Apply that to a well vaselined face
( a bathing cap is useful), then cover the whole thing with plaster or
plaster bandage to maintain the shape. Mulage is rubbery. Also, for faces,
soda straws up the nose are essential, unless your subject can hold their
breath longer than Houdini. Have fun. BTW This is the process Hollywood
makeup artists use for making facial prothesises(sp).
Karin
Kabromaitis@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Dalton
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Plaster life casts
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hi Bryan,
My students love to make plaster casts of each other, their
faces, or whatever. Vaseline works for faces. Make sure you get enough
around the hairline, as it is painful to yank plaster from hair. for other
body parts or clothing, we use saran wrap. It works great and keeps the
clothing, shoes, etc. clean. We are using Plastercraft which is gauze
and plaster that you cut into strips and dip in water. It is about
$50.00 a box and it takes a whole box to do one life-size person.
have fun!
Paula Dalton
D. Kim Lindaberry on fri 5 mar 99
> In doing face casting, I remember wearing an inexpensive shower cap or
> what used to be sold as a swimming cap, putting with vasoline or Crisco
> on eyebrows and lashes, and also using a cardboard frame around the
> face, keeping my hair behind the cardboard. That way there wasn't any
> plaster dripping down into my hair (causing pain in removing it from the
> hair and wasting the plaster). The cardboard frame was used multiple
> times, and was just a stiff piece of cardboard or equivalent, with an
> oval approximating the face shape cut out of the middle.
Hi Bonnie,
It's the same basic concept, just different material. I've used pieces of
plastic about 2' x 2'. With the oval cut out from near the middle that
allowed plenty of coverage for hair and clothing. The problem I've
encountered with cardboard if getting it to fit the shape of the face close
enough that there weren't any leaks. I found the plastic easier & quicker to
adjust, and more secure from leaking down into the hairline. The plastic can
be reused over again too.
cheers
Kim
--
D. Kim Lindaberry
Longview Community College
500 SW Longview Road
Art Department
Lee's Summit, MO 64108
USA
to visit my web site go to:
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/humanities/art/kiml/
to send e-mail to me use: mailto:kiml@kcmetro.cc.mo.us
Randolph M. Roberts on fri 5 mar 99
A friend of mine who did a lot of plaster casts of faces found it a help
to add salt to the plaster mix to make it set faster and that helped a
lot of people stay calm under the plaster.
Theresa van Ettinger on sat 6 mar 99
Hello all,
This plaster casting idea sounds interesting. I'm wondering,
would the casts be then used for further sculptural constructions? What
I'm picturing is that someone would take the cast and construct some sort
of sculpture off of it. Being blind, my images of things aren't always
clear or accurate. Could someone help me understand the results of this
process better? Private replies are all right if you'd rather not put
them on the list.
Many thanks,
Theresa
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Jeremy M. Hellman on sun 7 mar 99
Therea,
Yes, the whole point is to take the plaster cast of a face or other body
part, and use it as the starting point for a pot or a wall hanging or a
construction. I've used the cast as a press mold, and put parts of my
face on bottles, vases and bowls, along with a number of other additions.
I've made plaster molds of children's dolls' arms, legs, faces, etc. and
used them as small press molds for attachments to ceramics. Human shapes
are actually quite interesting and tactile.
I would start by thinking about the sort of ceramics you've been making
and want to make. I usually treat my plaster face casts as shapes rather
than as faces, but that's just my approach. I've seen low relief tiles
made with a variety of shapes, including some facial parts and doll parts.
Bonnie
Bonnie Hellman in Pittsburgh, PA
>Hello all,
> This plaster casting idea sounds interesting. I'm wondering,
>would the casts be then used for further sculptural constructions? What
>I'm picturing is that someone would take the cast and construct some sort
>of sculpture off of it. Being blind, my images of things aren't always
>clear or accurate. Could someone help me understand the results of this
>process better? Private replies are all right if you'd rather not put
>them on the list.
>
>Many thanks,
>Theresa
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Phyllis E. Tilton on mon 8 mar 99
Instead of straws in the nostrils, we did not cover them with the plaster
strips. That was one less discomfort in this procedure. After the mask is
lifted off, it is easy to place another strip over the mask where left
uncovered. My biggest problem when a group of us made facial masks,someone
would make some wisecrack and I nearly choked since I couldn't laugh. All this
on purpose-we had fun!
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