Making Moulds




These pictures are of the latex moulds I made in order to make the heads of each of my puppets. I had to first sculpt the heads using sculpey that was then baked in the oven. I then coated the sculpts with liquid latex. This was quite a long process since each coat needed around 15 minutes to dry before the next coat could be put on and at least 12 coats were needed to make the mould strong enough. After this was done, the latex moulds were taken off the scupts and then filled with a two part plastic which would harden and make the final heads. Quite the process I know but it was necessary and really not as bad as it sounds.

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