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Casting in Plaster from a Full Alignate Head Cast
Neill Gorton
Casting in Plaster from a Full Alignate Head CastCasting plaster into our full head alginate cast and looking at the results of our techniques of casting the nose separately and building a thickness behind the ears.
Face Cast with a Plaster Bandage Frame
Neill Gorton
Face Cast with a Plaster Bandage FrameThis ‘ears under cap’ face cast is designed for circumstances where it may be necessary to remove the cast with greater care. It may be that your subject will have to be cast with facial hair or you're casting around facial piercings. This might require that the alginate is not bonded into the rigid plaster bandage shell so that it can be removed first and then the alginate removed on its own allowing it to flex more and be removed with greater care. The plaster bandage frame creates an outer edge that will help re-locate and retain the alginate in the plaster bandage shell.
Face Casting in Alginate
Neill Gorton
Face Casting in AlginateLife casting the face in alginate and plaster bandage. Bonding the alginate to the plaster bandage jacket using strips of plaster bandage inserted into the wet alginate.
Full Head Life Cast in Alginate
Neill Gorton
Full Head Life Cast in AlginateA full head life cast with ears out, in alginate and plaster bandage. This technique has the entire head covered in alginate and the alginate removed in one piece via a split in the back. We focus on techniques for getting a good cast of the ears and also for dealing with a subject who may have breathing concerns.
Full Head Life Cast Plaster Bandage Back and Alginate Front
Neill Gorton
Full head life cast plaster bandage back and alginate frontA full head life cast with ears out on a female subject with long hair. The cast is done in two halves with only plaster bandage for the back and alginate supported with plaster bandage on the front half.This is the process from start to finish including the removal of the cast.
Mould Making Part One: Chin, Lips and Nose
Neill Gorton
Mould Making Part One: Chin, Lips and NoseCreating new cores to transfer the floated chin, lips and nose appliance sculptures to. We create snap moulds in alginate and cast plaster copies from these which are shaped in readiness for moulding in silicone and casting positives in PU resin.
Mould Making Part Two: Chin, Lips and Nose
Neill Gorton
Mould Making Part Two: Chin, Lips and NoseBlock moulding the chin, lip and nose in silicone using various found containers.