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Dave Parvin
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Started On : 14-Oct-2009 at 12:39:47 PM, #Views : 7480
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Attached is a photograph titled "Renette" of a portrait casting of a head in the round which, while I have done similar pieces in the past, is not my usual style. I had intended to cast her in metallic Forton MG in a silicone rubber mold made from the original plaster positive which had come from an alginate mold. However, as I looked at the plaster original, the position of the head reminded me of someone standing in the morning mist and I wondered how she would look in flash tones. So I ask a terrific painter friend, Bill Hueg, to do the honors. The result is what you see.
I would like to stress that this is not a particularly difficult life casting as you who do special effects are well aware. My good friend Guy will probable chuckle when he reads this. This is only meant to look SOMETHING like a real person, Guy and the few other people in their league construct their pieces in silicone rubber with real hair and even one foot away, you may still question whether or not you are confronting an actual person!
"Renette" is cast in plain Forton MG attached to a marble base with a polished piece of copper pipe. She was cast in a tin cured silicone rubber mold and pained with oil paints. There are three key things needed to do this. First is the right model in the right pose. The second is an accurate casting. See "Casting a Head in the Round," a two part article for "Sculpture Journal" which is in the ALI library. And last you either have to be a skilled painter or know someone who is.
Dave
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