Casting Holly’s Arms
We’ve been casting our arms! A fun process which involves covering your arm with skin-safe silicone to capture the detail and then mod-rock to keep it in shape when you mould from it. However if you do both arms at the same time the there is a point when you become completely incapacitated. Holly reckoned wearing the plaster bandage was pretty close to the experience of wearing a passive arm. I then poured plaster into the moulds to create detailed models of her arms which will be useful when I am making objects when she is not around. Also if it is desirable we can mirror the detail of her right hand onto her left using a 3D scanner later on. What had not occurred to me during the process was just how sculptural and pleasing an object a material such as plaster would create, in it’s own right. I am considering whether ornamental ceramics might add an interesting twist. The silicone and mod-rock materials were supplied by a helpful company called Mouldlife.
