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June 28, 2020 at 3:40 am #1304476
I wanted to create something interesting to decorate the painted tiles behind my kitchen sink. There were tiles but they had been painted over by the previous house owner. I don’t especially like modern tiles and didn’t see the point of replacing them. I had painted the tiles behind my range cooker in a Pugin design and framed them using bought plaster decorative strips with Pugin leaves and grapes. I made a mould using latex rubber with a plaster mother mould so I could re-produce the strips and save myself a fortune. I framed the area behind the sink and designed a frieze to fit within. I modelled stylised dolphins and sea horses in wet clay, and used a plaster waste mould to cast it in Ciment Fondu. I love working with clay. It is my favourite medium for sculpting. The beauty is it can be re-used over and over again. I am still creating things from clay I first used 15 years ago. There is very little wastage and even clay that has bits of plater from moulds is not wasted. I put it into a separate container and use it for sealing and making clay walls around sculptures for creating plaster moulds. I often find lots of dry clay dust and tiny balls when I’ve finished a project and it all gets swept into the clay bin to re-hydrate for future use.
I am delighted with my frieze. It looks fabulous behind the kitchen sink. It was painted using a wood and metal metallic paint from Dulux. now discontinued, unfortunately. It is very hard-wearing and I can scrub it clean with no problems. Here is a picture of the clay frieze.
This shows the cast frieze in-situ on the painted tiles. It was glued on using bathroom tile adhesive and then painted.
Ciment Fondu is brilliant for casting thin, strong works. I only has a couple of cracked pieces on the whole thing.
April 9, 2021 at 11:55 am #1398806Absolutely astounding! Beautiful work. So let’s see if I understand, first make a cement slab to fit the area, then sculpting items, building casting moulds, and casting slab and items in latex, then use latex mold to make a series of leaves, wine, grapes, and the main motif. And then Put the foliage on the large slab, And then the centerpiece, and paint white and dark respectively? I get so tempted to try, but it feel kind of a bit far from my comfort zone, but maybe one day… really incredible!
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You are welcome to give feedback to my stuff c&c always interesting.April 9, 2021 at 12:51 pm #1398822The whole frieze was first modelled in wet clay, then I made a mould and finally cast it in Ciment Fondu. It was made especially to fit the space and was glued to the existing tiles. If I had removed the tiles first, I would have made the frieze on a background panel. I hope that makes the method of production clearer for you. I am glad you like it.
April 9, 2021 at 1:39 pm #1398829I am in awe,!
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You are welcome to give feedback to my stuff c&c always interesting.June 29, 2022 at 10:39 pm #1475801Wow! Never seen work like this!
the fact that the symmetry is only implied, but it’s actually not quite there, only makes my eyes wonder and stare for longer, I love it!
June 30, 2022 at 6:14 am #1475835Thanks for your positive feedback. I hand-modelled the frieze so perfect symmetry was not an option but I too like the differences between the two halves. I get as much pleasure from it today as when I first sculpted and installed it. There are pieces I have looked back on a while after and thought of things I would change or could do better but not in this case. It remains perfect in my eyes.
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