The day for my face cast arrived!
very excited if not a little nervous too… as you will see from the photographs it was a surprisingly neat process, but a bit un-nerving to begin with,the cold alginate trickles down your face when its first applied which was a surprise for me, for some reason I thought it would be warm! You get used to it and I started to relax into it, I ended up feeling very relaxed! If it wasn’t for my neck aching under the weight I’d easily have fallen asleep!
The first mask didn’t work very well around the nose, so a second one was done more successfully in the afternoon. The two plaster casts taken from the moulds now need to be cleaned up , the nasal passages have to be modelled back in as well as the air bubbles scraped back. I really enjoyed the experience, I find the resulting masks a little creepy though, there certainly isn’t any room for vanity in them!
I will return them to University on Monday and make a mould of the positive so I can use it multiple times… then I can start trying out different finishes and materials, there are so many possibilities I’m determined to have fun and come out with an interesting result.
