Sculpture Bases

[STICKYHOUSE]

I remember watching steve neill videos years ago when he was making a studio scale model of the star trek enterprise, he was a professional prop/model maker and he made hundreds of molds and he use to get his pieces out the molds with a air gun attached to his compressor, he would open the mold a bit and give a quick puff of air in the mold and it would loosen the piece.  apparently its what the pros do....he never struggled getting anything out a mold. Thanks for all the great vids!

[negotiableaffections]

As a much smaller creator than your commercial base, I (not being able to afford much in silicon mold-making) tend to rely on good old liquid latex for mold construction. From 'brushing' to 'dipping' there are many ways make much more flexible molds than the solid silicon. Its possible to remove these molds like rolling off a sock. Not as durable as silicon, but cheap enough to knock out tons of 'em, with a solid plaster mother mold to reinforce them they will actually produce a great cast if they're made with care to avoid air bubbles etc. Although, I'm not sure how resin would fair in a latex mold, there must be solutions to this problem on the market. But whether latex or silicon, my thinking is that a thinner one-piece mold would be the practical solution.

[gregmclellan]

Very cool, really enjoy your work...you might consider turning scrap wood pieces and doing the Shou Sugi Ban torched wood technique. Will give a nice organic look and be much cheaper and faster to do. Cheers.

[DuhRake]

Cool video, it was fun seeing the thought process behind your changes. What resin are you pouring in your molds if you don't mind sharing?

[mattiasfagerlund]

For the hard case mother mold, use the same pint glass as you used when creating the mold. Should provide plenty of strength?

[BrushQuill]

Very interesting. I learn more about molding from you than anywhere. Will these be on your store by themselves or only with a sculpture?

[enricoram]

Hello, After vacuuming, I pour the product on the vibrating table and cure it in the pressure chamber, I always get 100% results, a few air holes are enough, pouring the product under room conditions is always risky, it can even be affected by moisture . Are you applying any vacuum or pressure?