Sculpting With Plaster: 2 Foam Insulation Construction
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- Building a larger than life figure using foam board building insulation to create the overall masses on which to apply plaster. This allows the sculptor to design on a large scale without pre-planning, to make drastic changes without too much effort, and to create large sculpture while keeping the overall weight to a minimum.
one of the many great takeaways from this, is the "not falling in love" with the "armature". I used to do this and still have to catch myself, and not over work the "armature" cause as you said, its gonna get coated a bunch more, and thats where you get into the fine tuning.
Thanks
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas and method. Up until now, my work has been to commission so cast in bronze (since I did not bear the final cost!) and very realistic as that tends to be what my clients like. I work exactly the same way, with an armature of wire board and foam but with clay on top as the final work will be used to cast. I am really keen to do more experimental work large scale ......and of course bronze is totally out! I was looking for how to work with plaster and happened upon your videos. Utterly brilliant and inspiring! Love what you do and I am really excited to make some things with freedom. It is very generous of you to share how you work.
I like fabric plaster technique
BRAVO!! After much experimentation/research, I have concluded with pretty much the same process for my own creations. My only difference, is I create items that most likely are for outdoors. So I use a cement plaster. but short of that, I have been using the same tech. as you noted here. Depending on the size, like you, may have to beef up the inner strength.
Again, like you, I enjoy using "trashed" items for my sculptures, I will also use bags of trash(non-decaying and whatever else) for the plaster to go over, in a way, im helping in recycling.
Thanks for sharing!
Also, I fully agree on leaving oneself with some freedom for the final design, I most times, change ideas a ton, but with each layer, and the final layers get closer, it all "melts" together to create what we want. Because we as artists, never make mistakes!! HA
can i ask what cement plaster you use? is it a store bought material or do you mix it yourself?
Wowsers!!!! Love this! Its friggen amazing! Thanks for the tips! level up!!!
Thanks for the tips! I am reasonably new to sculpting on this scale and love these materials. I think I just might give it a go.
Thank you for these great tips. 👍
Inspirational, I found this very helpful. Thank you
Wow, I build my under structures exactly the same way! I spend most of my time in hardware stores searching for materials that can take the place of specialized and costly prop building supplies. Spray foam, pourable super gloss, plumbing and masonry materials, foam insulation board...you name it! I often catch the “what the hell is this guy building?” Look from customers purchasing these items for their intended purposes..hahaha...whereas I almost never do
Recommend a hot wire cutter, or a hot knife cutter for cutting the foam.
I want to make a mold of an old statue that I have and would like to know what is the best plaster to use. The statue is about 12 inches tall. I want the plaster to be heavy and strong in the event it was knocked over. Is there such a thing as resin plaster? What would you suggest? Thank you.
are any of your plaster works outside? if so how do you protect from weather? or perhaps you live in a state that there is no freeze or snow?
I just started....but I was planning on using Epsilon by Smooth-On. They suggested covering the finished foam character with it to create a satrong shell. In their video, it shows a foam slide for children covered with Epsilon that became hard enough to stand on. Also I think I was told that giant Mardi Gras creations are covered with it. Any suggestions?
Hmmm
Never heard of it.
Will Google it and get back to you.
Well Epsilon looks interesting.
Here's what's going thru my mind right now.
It looks ideal for outdoor sculpture and for indoor work if the work is fragile or its supposed to last forever.
The stuff looks glossy which if that's okay with the artist then ok, but I'd be interested in learning if there's a way to get a matte finish.
Also, because you'd want the stuff to stick and not run or droop when applying, it'd be thick and would add a texture layer over whatever one would build the sculpture out if. This, in my case, would be an issue to be dealt with and learn to make work for me because when I build a sculpture I used plaster and use the natural textures plaster creates. These plaster surfaces would get all but obliterated when the Expoxy is applied on top of it. That'd have to be a learned artistic skill. But the Expoxy might give cool textures that one couldn't get with plaster or other less permanent materials.
Also the cost could be an issue. My sculpture is larger and I can't figure out what a hundred dollar gallon would cover. Now, co st should really be the last issue an artist should consider, I mean money should be a non issue if you're really serious about your art but money is money and I might need to pony up several hundred dollars at the very least to finish and protect and thus guarantee the survival of one's work.
Now, I can't use anything on the work I've already done because, well, they are already done. So they're not exterior pieces and if the survive it'll be because future generations take care of them.
But I intend to get some of this stuff along with the shredded fiber thickened and see what its like.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up on this stuff. You may have instituted a whole new chapter in my creative life.
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@@cantopia Sorry that I don't have any suggestions. I attended a SMOOTH-ON seminar in April, and was impressed with everything that they produce. But I am a beginner. I think that you do wonderful work, however.
do you sketch the concept or is this 100 percent organic.
+Anna X Anna, I don't make models ahead of time but I do hav something of an idea of what I intnd and to this end I will occassionally do some quick drawings. But the answer really is that these develop on their own little by little until they are done.
Have you tried aluminum foil for a barrier?
Hmmm... no. I don't seperate the underlying foam from the plaster. It stays there forever. It's the principal support. So, unless I misunderstand your meaning, I wouldn't want a barrier of any kind. Aluminum foil CAN be applied to wet plaster on the exterior, and after the plaster hardens, pulled off to give the plaster a crinkly somehwat metalic surface treatment though. Thanks
cantopia just wondering.. Ive seen a lot of other ppl that use foil as a barrier.
are your sculptures considered archival?
Well, yes if you mean like archival paper in that they won't disintegrate by force of their own internal chemical reactions; and sort of yes because plaster, if kept reasonably dry will late for thousands of years, but no if you mean are they catalogued somewhere like a museum, private collection , or a university's holdings. Is any of that helpful?
Thanks for the question.
Cheers, John
@@cantopia yes, thank you for your response and the videos. great work. I ask because I want to make plaster sculpture but am concerned about using things like newspaper and tape in the center as the armature. But I guess this shouldn't pose a problem? Ideally, these pieces would be exhibited and be for sale.
Far too pretentious for my tastes