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Dan Spector
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Started On : 14-May-2009 at 01:05:03 AM, #Views : 5855
Topic Subject : Re: Re: Lifecasting help |
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Is the burlap quite limp when you apply it? I never liked it because
it was too stiff (didn't take the shape it was supposed to.)
But real plaster is cheaper and stronger than those bandages. I use
fiberglass mat instead.
Dan Spector
901 323 8717
www.lifecast-art.com
dan@archicast.com
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> Hello Dan Spector
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> Post Date : Thursday 14th 2009f May 2009 12:14:23 AM
> Posted by : "Olivier Duhamel" olivier@duhamel.bz
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> Re: Lifecasting help:--
> Hello Ben
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> I only have slighthly more experience than you but I think I can
> help with at least one of your problem...
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> "undercut areas, like under the breasts, are misshapen."
> In my experience there are three reasons causing this... even a
> combination of three.
> 1: Pushing too much alginate under the breast. This will lift the
> soft breast in places and modify the curve of a natural fall... not
> a good look, I agree.
> 2:Applying too much alginate on top of the breast. The weight will
> press it flat against the chest... Your customer may not be very
> pleased...
> 3: Trying to fill undercuts with too much alginate will cause it to
> sag under its own weight before you apply the plaster shell and
> create a cavity between the model's skin and the mold.
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> In all cases the trick is not to use too much alginate... and then
> make sure the shell is tight against the alginate skin but without
> applying too much pressure either.
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> I hope this helps.
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> I am sorry I have never used accu-cast and have never seen the
> patterns you describe..
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> Good luck..
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> Olivier
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> Have a quick question for you more experienced artists out
> there...I have only begun to lifecast in the last month or 2. While
> most of my pieces come out good, some of them, especially the
> female torsos, come out with a pattern that resembles the surface
> of a golf ball. it seems to be wavy and covered in small divits. I
> am using accu-cast 880 as my alginate. I then use cut strips of
> burlap dipped in plaster to make the shell. Plaster bandages don't
> seem to be strong enough, they always seem to move on me. It also
> seems like undercut areas, like under the breasts, are
> misshapen.Don't know what I am doing wrong. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> Thanks!
> Ben Larson
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> of life casting, create public awareness of this unique art form
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