Thursday 27 January 2011

Alginate

Went to see M in sculpture to make an alginate mould of my long line jug. Filled the jug with clay pellets then a clay seal...


...built a plastic cottle around the jug...


...poured the alginate over the jug...



...ready to cut in to the alginate and separate jug and mould...


...should be all nice and smooth like this...


...but did not go quite to plan...


Apparently this is the only surface M has ever come across that the alginate has stuck to. Of course it was. It usually works. Of course it does. Still smiling. Plan B...hot press moulding.