Working Upside Down Version 2

Day 52 Another Way

Snail Oops

I'm trying to keep this blog as honest as I can.

So here's a real blooper!

I wanted to try sand casting as a second "working upside down" challenge.

In working 3-D and upside down I lost all awareness of depth and proportion! YIKES.

I documented some of the steps with photos [see below] and I like the process enough to try it again sometime . . . maybe with wax?

1. Container of damp sand and a mixture of Plaster of Paris and water. 
['Forgot to photograph the empty molded sand which was the next step.]

2. Plaster in carved out recesses of sand (the mold).

3. 1 hour later: Digging out firm plaster object.

 4. After "snail" has been removed from the sand mold.