Making plaster casts

First year students have been spending a lot of time with these feature casts - practicing drawing, modeling, block-ins & sculpture from them. Last week we took our clay sculptures we've been working on & learned how to make our own plaster molds & casts. It's more complicated than we thought! It takes some patience & precision to mix the plaster just right and make the mold before the plaster solidifies.


Carla Crawford's clay eye, with the plaster cast we've been working from next to it.


Lauren Salm making a plaster mold of her ear


Sarah Hodges plastering up her nose


Instructor Chris Waddell working with Victoria Herrera


Ashley Howell cleaning out her ear mold


Remi Cardenas & Neal Esplin removing a finished plaster mold from the armature


Me & Carla bringing back the art of knitting