Plaster bandage art

My 9 year-old step-grandson has been bugging me to do an art project with him. I suggested an old favorite project of mine, making a direct cast of the face. So today he was dropped off at my house for two hours, giving us ample time to make the mask cast, to cast his fist in two parts and reassemble them, to eat a bowlful of melon, and even time for him to harass the cat! We started by tying a covering over his hair. A shower cap is a good alternative. Then we greased up his face with…

ModRoc Sculptures

Replicating Body Parts in Plaster: This is the first part of a two-part series on making a silicone replica of a body part. However, before we can make the silicone replica, we'll have to make a plaster replica. *** WARNING: Because of the body part chosen for casting (in this case,…

Inspired by my plaster "clot" forms which I experimented with in February, I decided to try something bigger. I ended up with these soulful...

FacebookTweetPin I made up a fun craft that I really enjoyed doing with my daughter, and I wanted to share it with you all! I was trying to think of a fun Halloween project that I could do inexpensively but high impact… being a physician I guess coming up with a craft that uses exam gloves and casting plaster just makes sense! But all of these things are very easy and inexpensive to get… you can get rolls of gauze that are saturated with plaster here for about $6 a roll. You only need one…

Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland. Kerlin Gallery represents Irish and International artists.

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