Creating Pieces For My Human Hybrid : Technical File

Preparing the sculptures;

The first step was to cut the cups to make a guard for the silicone for all three sculptures.

I then had used fixing spray and petrolese on the sculptures, spraying it about 20cm away from the pieces.

Then I put the cut cup over each of the sculptures and used a glue gun to seal them in place to ensure that no silicone will leak out.

Mixing the silicones;
I obtained a clean cup and covered the scales and working surface with cling film. I then had to ensure I had clean gloves and mixing sticks as it is important not to contaminate the silicones.
Because I had three sculptures I decided to do this step separately using 50g of each silicone for each sculpture. I ensured that I slowly added the silicones to the cup using the designated mixing sticks.
I then mixed the silicones with a clean stick, tapping out the air bubbles.
I then poured the silicones over each sculpture, ensuring it was fully covered by going back and forth over each sculpture.
For the mould to fully dry, I waited 1 hour.

Casting from the silicone mould;
Firstly, I cleaned each mould with alcohol (isopropyl) using cotton pads and cotton buds.
I then had to make a mixture of Baldiez and isopropyl, with the ratio 1:2. I then mixed it well, tapping out the air bubbles.
I sprayed the mould with petrolese and spread the mixture on to the mould with a brush to distribute it over the pieces, not filling them completely. The mixture will dry matte.
I then mixed 10g of silicone A and 10g of silicone B, using the same process as before. I then added 60% of 20g of deadener to give the silicone piece a flesh-like texture for all three moulds.
I then chose the appropriate pigments and added two drops of a flesh-toned one and one drop of a white pigment.
After the pigment was well mixed in, I poured a little bit of the mixture at a time and evening it out with a metal scraper tool.
Again each piece took 1 hour to completely dry.
After they dried, I put baby powder over the pieces to prevent them from sticking to things.