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CJ Munn
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Started On : 18-Sep-2006 at 03:00:05 AM, #Views : 6452
Topic Subject : Re: Bread Casting |
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Trying again as I don't think the pic attached.
On 18 Sep 2006, at 00:30, aliforum@lifecasting.org wrote:
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> Hello CJ Munn
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> Post Date : Sunday 17th of September 2006 07:30:04 PM
> Posted by : "CJ Munn" cj@rockabelly.co.uk
>
> Re: Bread Casting:--
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> Hiya, pic of the mould attached (the model still in it at the time).
> I guess we used about 8 ply - it was much thicker than for a normal
> mould anyway otherwise the force of the bread rising made it distort.
> The edges had to be reinforced too but I'd do that anyway for
> plaster. The dough didn't and couldn't swell too much because the
> oven was only just deep enough to get the figure into without losing
> the nose or something. The bakers ran many tests with the test moulds
> we made, to get the proportions as exact as possible to limit the
> amount the dough rose. It wasn't sliced at the back at all, which is
> why in some parts you can see the bread has spread a little outside
> of the human form, but I kinda like that effect.
>
> It was a great fun experiment anyway. Am definitely gonna attempt
> some more.
>
> x
>
> On 18 Sep 2006, at 00:00, aliforum@lifecasting.org wrote:
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>> Hello CJ Munn
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>>
>>
>> Post Date : Sunday 17th of September 2006 07:00:03 PM
>> Posted by : "Dan Spector" archicast@earthlink.net
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>> Re: Bread Casting:--
>> CJ-
>> I'm just surprised plaster bandage survived oven baking. How thick
>> was the
>> mold? How much did the dough swell (rise) ? Did the baker have to
>> slice it
>> flat?
>> Lost all my old emails a couple of months ago.. at least i'd
>> transferred
>> pics I like to other files.
>> Dan
>>
>>> From: aliforum@lifecasting.org
>>> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:10:22 -0400
>>> To: archicast@earthlink.net
>>> Subject: Bread Casting( Message No. 1153)
>>>
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>>> Hello Dan Spector
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Post Date : Sunday 17th of September 2006 11:10:19 AM
>>> Posted by : "CJ Munn" cj@rockabelly.co.uk
>>>
>>> Bread Casting:--
>>> Hi, This weekend was the Thames Festival in London, and included
>>> an art event
>>> called 'Eat Me' by an artist called Sharon Baker. For this piece
>
>>> Andre
>>> Masters and myself cast Sharon's full body in a number of poses
>>> using just
>>> plaster bandage. The moulds were then filled with bread dough and
>>> baked in the
>>> biggest bread ovens in Britain. The resulting human-loaves were
>>> displayed this
>>> weekend at the festival and after a discussion about the pieces
>>> and lengthy
>>> question/answer sessions, the audience was invited to cut, saw
>
>>> and rip apart
>>> the bodies and then eat them with butter.
>>>
>>> It was a very fun art show to be a part of. The audience got to
>>> choose how the
>>> first cut was made (sawing off of the head, which I found too real
>>> and
>>> disturbing for comfort). Some people could not bring themselves to
>>> eat the
>>> bread, as they could not switch off from the idea it was a human
>>> body and
>>> therefore cannibalistic. Some people made religious comparisons
>
>>> but Sharon is
>>> an athiest, so to her it was more about engaging with an audience
>>> who would
>>> eat her and poop her out into different parts of the world to
>>> become one with
>>> the natural world.
>>>
>>> It was a very tiring job, doing 3 full body casts (2 of them were
>>> in 6 parts
>>> due to trying to fit them into the oven) in one day with just the
>>> two of us.
>>> But hugely rewarding, and very interesting to be a part of
>>> something so
>>> different that engaged a large audience so well. Within minutes of
>>> the
>>> dissection, there was nothing but crumbs left. The bread was
>>> surprisingly
>>> delicious.
>>>
>>> I thought I'd mention it here because I thought people would be
>>> surprised at
>>> the kind of detail you could get from such a strange casting
>>> material. If you
>>> are making the bread to eat you have to use an edible release on
>>> the inside of
>>> the mould of course, which means you lose detail but if you just
>>> want to make
>>> the bread for fun and not to eat then I recommend avoiding release
>>> oils as you
>>> get much better detail.
>>>
>>> I'm going to try a bread head for Halloween, and maybe a limb or
>>> two.
>>>
>>> Just a quick aside note to apologise to those in the group I owe
>>> emails/invoices to. My hard disk died losing me my last 3 years
>>> work/contacts/emails but through a very lengthy and annoyingly
>>> expensive
>>> computer forensics process I've managed to recover most of it, and
>>> am just
>>> catching up bit by bit with things on my 'todo' list, so really
>>> sorry if you
>>> thought I was ignoring you. It's all been quite hectic but I am
>>> gradually
>>> getting back to normal and should be in touch real soon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> advance
>>> opportunities for their artistic success.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ALI is an international organization whose members are engaged in
>> the art and creative industries. Its purpose is to promote the art
>> of life casting, create public awareness of this unique art form
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>> provide its members with forums to exchange information, resources
>> to enhance their effectiveness and advance opportunities for their
>> artistic success.</body></html>
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> ALI is an international organization whose members are engaged in
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> of life casting, create public awareness of this unique art form
> provide its members with forums to exchange information, resources
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> artistic success.</body></html>
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