Plaster casting

Foster Reeve Plaster on Instagram: "A bit of the process of casting a spring rabbit"

How to make botanical plaster cast tiles with flowers, art and craft therapy, mood boosting activities to find creativity

In between all the usual lock down stuff like gardening, housework and competitive backgammon with the hubs I have discovered a new obsession - casting plants in plaster! Sitting here on my desk are my first attempts - it's been a steep learning curve but hopefully I've learned from most of the numerous mistakes I made! I'll start with my favourite (and most successful so far!) The brambles are from my front garden and I think they look quite beautiful here although in the garden they…

Kenny Sing on Instagram: "Here’s how I create rubber mother molds for ceramic slip casting plaster mold parts. In this case I’m using a 3d printed master mold, but the master mold can be made out of anything, commonly plaster. This rubber mold can then be used over and over again to produce the many plaster mold parts I’ll need for slip casting production. This process pulls from the generously documented and shared mold making methods of @hammerlyceramics and @vantiki. #moldmaking…

Make a Two Part Reusable Mold Using Plaster: Before I start, I'd like to note that this is my first instructable so please excuse any potential gaps in logic I made and some of the blurry pictures. I tried to take as many photos as possible and will explain the process as thoroughly as possibl…

Replicating Body Parts in Plaster: This is the first part of a two-part series on making a silicone replica of a body part. However, before we can make the silicone replica, we'll have to make a plaster replica. *** WARNING: Because of the body part chosen for casting (in this case,…

Kenny Sing on Instagram: "From 3d print 👉🏼 silicone mold 👉🏼 plaster mold 👉🏼 ceramic ornament. The upfront work and cost of this process allows me to create as many plaster replicas of my original 3d printer mold. Even if I only needed one mold, printed resin cannot be used for ceramic slip casting because it’s not an absorbent material, which is required to absorb water out of liquid clay to deposit a hard clay shell. Stay tuned to see how I use this mold to produce the first of the…

Look What i Found on Instagram: "When you get the crafting bug and want to try something new! I thoroughly enjoyed getting creative with the new @kmartaus Plaster Casting Resin, moulds, dyes and mix-ins! It took a little experimenting before I could perfect these so hopefully I can make it easier for you! My tips: *make sure you get the ratios right ( I also filled the moulds with water and measured the volume to be sure!) *take plaster casts out of moulds no later than 30 mins *avoid over…