Sneak Peak

I know it's been little while but never fear momentum is just beginning in the world. We've applied for our very own LLC, so fingers crossed business legitimacy is on the way. In the meantime some other loose ends have been tied up, additional materials have been purchased and portfolio creation is in full throttle.

Sketched below, the artistic concept for my first cast "Jaime's Belly". I got a little gun shy to try this on the actual cast, being I don't work with paint frequently, so I started a trial run on the mother-mold. The Mother Mold would be what I made on top of the alginate mold to reinforce it. This is a plaster-bandage mold. I went this route also because I was curios how water color would fair over Gesso base layer. Turns out this ain't the greatest idea and the water color doesn't adhere to the gesso well and wipes right off with a paper towel. However it did leave behind a nice tint & I was able to get some nice texture for my sunset sky background. For the detail - acrylic did a much better job of adhering over the watercolor tint effect.



So far looks good so if progress continues this nicely I might just go with a metallic effect or different concept for the positive cast. Here is stage one of finishing, not done but basic concept laid out.

Association of Lifecasters International

Congratulations to me, my application for acceptance in to the "Association of Lifecasters International" has been accepted.  Being this is a free membership, it probably shouldn't feel as good as it does to be accepted, but it does....LoL - I'm such a fool. 

This is one step closer to credibility, this business owner is part of an "association".  YAY.  Now to get some pieces done & on display here is the next and more time consuming step.  We have a first piece in the works, the sculpture (yes  i called it a sculpture as i did some sculpting to it). As mentioned in the introductory post, I molded with alginate a pregnant belly and cast using CastRite gypsum plaster. Used thick hair conditioner to repair the mold in some places, filled in and reshaped a few areas of the cast after pulling it out and finding some unattractive depressions. Waited a week, then wet-sanded and shaped using grit paper. Now waiting for a full 2 weeks to pass before finishing with some art work and presenting.

I read somewhere that gypsum plaster needs a full 2 weeks to harden before finishing, not sure how true this is but figured being my first one, probably better safe then sorry.

Here is a sneak peak of the progress so far....