Workshop Mondays - Plaster Processes
Today, I attended the plaster processes workshop with Sarah. I found this workshop so fun, and messy and overall really eye opening to a type of medium I have never worked with before.
There were loads of examples on the walls of the plaster studio that were super impressive - from draping fabrics to plaster casts and molds.
I wanted to use something associated with my project, but the only thing I had that I thought would be suitable was a air dry clay heart I made a while ago when I visited the clay studio, so I just decided to use that.
To create a mold to out the plaster in, our tutor showed us a machine where you could melt, or vacuum plastic on to the object to create a 3D old to pour plaster straight into.
I had never seen anything done like this before so it was really exciting to even just see that this machine was an option if I happened to have any ideas in the future.
Along with this, we were shown how to mix plaster and water together, and how to prepare alginate to create a mold. We were also shown different methods of dipping things like fabrics into the plaster and hanging them to dry.
I was really happy with my finished piece from this workshop. I know it is just a mold of something I made before, but I love the appearance of the different textures from the plaster vs the clay.
Although I enjoyed this workshop, I think I am understanding now that I'm not really enjoying the sculpture side of things.