Rhino Sculpture update/ lipstick collection update

Here’s the clay model for the rhino, I will make a 3-piece-plaster mould, I am quite satisfy with the result, when comparing to the sketch and design, it’s almost the same. At the same time, I added some gain/ stroke?! to the sculpture, that’s inspired by the cracking dry skin from rhino itself. I twist a bit and make it like the tiger style…..so that’s my style!

last time stopped here, almost the shape came out, just need to modify the surface and add the other leg

starting the surface fine tune, add the other leg the the same time.

here I adding the grain from the tube in the back

 

for eyes, nose…I keep using the same style to present them

here we could see the grain clearly, however this version is a bit too much and distracting the whole art piece…it dominated.

so I simplified it a bit~

final work, tomorrow will bring back to college for mould making

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For lipstick collection, there are some responses from HK friends and UK friends, but I found there would be a lot more needed, and therefore I google ” UK makeup artist / expert” I emailed and Facebook messaged many (10 pages search of google). Hope there are more donated by them.

And, Some already being posted to me….hope my project really bring the message to my friends.

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and thinking of elephant….the 4 sketches before….not yet perfect….so keep sketching:

Tiger Casting Update

Cool down and the lip balm would shrink, so all the clip I use should release before if cracked.

before opening, I try to take photo to remind myself where is leaking a lot

opening

still a lot to fine tune and even craft again, but is a very good experience and result for me to do so many pieces mould.

comparing the clay model and the casted piece

the fur on chin gone a lot, the ears which are curved into the mould, are damaged. so next sculpture should consider the simplicity or dividing mould carefully.

Tiger Casting

So, how to calculate the amount of mixture I needed?! is not difficult, just gather the volume, weight, and plaster density~

and after I got those information, I feel secure to cast it…(well, I already ordered enough materials actually…..just always need to have a clear picture before I do)

and…one more thing is to add two coloumn into the mold so that the final piece could be hang on the wall~

okok….enough…..let’s cook! I have prepared 2 sets of secondary boiler

as they solidify quickly, I have to boil them at the same time (I don’t want to left the color difference for the casting)

the working environment,

as they all melts, I keep mixing the two bowl, to ensure the ingredients are same proportion.

pouring the mixture into the mould, they keep leaking, next time should have clay or something else to block it.

solidifying~

a bit crack due to it strink

finally, because of leaking so much….the neck of tiger is missng, I will boil the mixture and add into the casting.

Update process of tiger mould

continue from here:

5th piece:

the 6th piece, is too large and not level with 4th and 5th, which is not good for separating are on,

the final piece on top is a bit large and flatten

final one, with drawing on top, identifying the direction,

also draw the lines of the different pieces

and take out the board in the bottom, let it dry.

beginning to separate it, try to take the clay out, but that’s too tight

after a long time using a saw to cut the edge, first part come off~

keep cutting, hard work due to the lack of polishing each pieces surface!!!

finally done with some unexpected separate part, using rubber band to hold it, hope it’s fine

putting in the dry out cabinet:

wash with brush:

some improvement for next time:

1) use cooking spray on the surface of the model, or hair spray, just a layer

2) use thin and smooth sheet inserted into the mould, as seen on youtube, to make a better mould.

now….too much cracking (plaster not mixing well) and in the process of cutting off the mould…..so that the final piece casted out would need a lots of work to fine tune or sculpt.