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I am somewhat reluctant to post as it has been decades since I did any work in clay. Lately though I have not been able to resist the urge so, I thought I would do a small relief piece to satisfy myself. My hope is to maybe eventually make a cope and drag casting of it in aluminum. I am using Plasticine clay and will probably make a plaster mold and then use that as a clay press mold to test the draft before the casting.
So, here goes… this is a couple hours in, still have a long way to go.
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Another post of the work. Slowly trying to work in the details.
Here is the reference.
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A little more work.
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ntl, thanks for the comment and question. The piece is about 13 inches by 9 inches.
I just poured the plaster to make a clay press mold. I am very nervous as it has been since the 90’s that I last made a press mold.
Here is an image of the piece just prior to the final pass to remove any undercuts.
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So far the press molding pouring appears to have been successful. There were a couple of small undercuts at the shoelaces which I expected to occur. We will see sometime tomorrow (hopefully) if I will get a good pull from the mold.
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Very cool and I like the playful look of this!
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ntl I appreciate your comments, yes I am pretty excited it turned out. I was concerned that perhaps I was too out of practice but the fears seem to have been unfounded.
I will post the result of an actual clay piece using the mold as soon as I secure some clay.
Thanks to everyone who looked at the thread.
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Thanks for the comments.
ic.Art- I have not made a pull yet, been distracted by work. Hopefully I will be able to do so in the next couple days. I intend on doing several pulls just to distribute to the various family members that desire one. My hope is to make a few variations for myself. I plan on making a couple that are monochrome being whatever color the clay body is. But, I also want to do some glazing to attempt to match the photo. I was thinking of making a hanging plaque, maybe framing one in wood. But I also thought that mounting one to a piece of wood and affixing it to a keepsake box as an ornamental lid would be nice. We will see.VMRS- Thank you very much!
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ic.Art inspired me to quit procrastinating… So here are two images taken of two pulls from the mold. These are straight out of the plaster, no touch ups, nothing. I am very pleased with the results. There will be much less repair to do than I had expected.
Have a great day all.
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