Friday 3 July 2009

Marj, plastered again

Plaster casting...so icky messy and fun.

I love it, it's been a few months but now i've graduated onto pastures new with multiple casting for people other than myself (practising on yourself is extremely difficult- right hand casting of a right hander means you have to hold bits... wif your teef nd den- thitck that dit dere... while it all sets..phew) Plus my nails are quite long, so I had to stuff them up with blue tack (much more difficult now as they've started bending (woot) think Flo-Jo and you're halfway there)

I've put my right hand forward as a first cast on the plaster sweet trolley:

"Snap"

As this was the first ever casting, I didn't expect the rings to come out well, but the thumb ring looks great, a little bit of work and the little finger ring was finished off soon after....so, my reaction to plaster casting first time:

"Congratulations, the job's yours"



Gee thanks...

Oh boy, little did I know what I was letting myself in for....

I will be putting instructions on here as I go along and lists of material etc, I will soon be working on my first set of hands for two people, who are *gasp* paying me, which is all rather exciting.
I'm also tampering with latex again and have recently made my first set of molds for a cold porcelain project which again, i'll give instructions to...
masks are planned, objects have been dipped and dried, things are being considered (cue evil laugh) and someone has stepped up for the first total head cast.... next week (eeepers)

I'll post with more soon, for now- its the weekend and i'm off to get plastered.
Arf.
Marj

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Mini Marj (painty painty splashy splashy)

Eeepers...
Found a baby pic of me knocking around in the dusty room of oblivion ... just about sums it up really, bit of photshoppery here, colouring in there and hey presto- I imitate art.
(Cotton tarn it.)

(Note to self- get a halter backed dress and white sandals, it's ssso this year.)
Anyone got any cute baby-self pics they wanna share? Lovely life imitating art pics really welcome!
(Please post as i'm both nosey and broody)
Nice combo.

Marjie Paint Pot- age 3 mybe

Tuesday 30 June 2009

The Egg Blog

Wooties! My first post!
Its the Egg Blog- yay

Two people I know and love, Tommo and Bela recently got married in what can only be described as the perfect wedding; a sunny day, on top of a hill, in a hand-fasting ceremony...but what to get a wedding present for two musical birds? (Cellist & Guitarist)
An Egg.
A Nest Egg. Couldn't find one I liked, so made one.....

May I present The Nest Egg (with two musical birds in the branches)
Wooters
Marj
x

(I used plaster, enamel spray, acrylic paint, gold outliner, oil paint, varnish)



First pics missing :( boo hiss
1.Plaster the egg (instructions TBP (To be posted) spray with enamel paint, I liked black, then paint with white acrylic paint (you can draw a faint outline in pencil as a guide)

2. I made the mistake here of then colouring the vines & birds with oil paint- no no no! what a mistake! Carry on with acrylics as the oil paint takes aaaaggges to dry! Still the colours are more vivid with oil, so chance it if you want to!

1 & 2

















3. Here I tried oil paint and acrylics for the flowers, you'll need a few colour reds
I used: Scarlet, Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, & Vermillion
- nice mix!















3 Minutes later and 4 (below): and the Egg is done! (Hard Boiled eggie yum yum)

Gold outliner to finish the job (steady hand required, or wobbly line look!)















Here endeth the Egg- yummas (soldiers optional)