Mold Making Make Your Own Art Toys Silicone

Mold Making: Make Your Own Art Toys Silicone Plaster Lost Wax Alginate

• • • Mold Making/Casting History A mold is a hollowed-out block that is filled with a liquid or pliable material like plastic, glass, metal, or ceramic raw materials. The liquid hardens or sets inside the mold, adopting its shape. Ground Pouring Clay/Wax/Loam • Lost Wax Process: molding a clay shell on a wax model. The wax removed by firing creates a cavity in which the cast metal is poured. http: //www. americanbronze. com/process. html Fiber Glass Mold http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Bzm. D m 9 AZjs. I 1400 BC Bronze Spear Mold Bronze Age Stone Mold for Spears Greek Figure Molds

Silicone Mold Making Steps 1. Make object out of clay 2. Choose Silicone Method 1. (Easiest) Silicone Gun and Dish Soap (if you have undercuts you will need to make a mother mold)http: //www. instructables. com/id/Worlds-easiest-siliconemold/? ALLSTEPS http: //matrixarmory. blogspot. com/2012/01/mold-makingcheap-and-easy. html 2. Silicone Pour Method http: //www. paint-sculpt. com/tutorials/mold-makingtutorial/mold-making-tutorial-overview. html http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=To. Iw 2 b. Tfoq 8

Plaster Mold Making Steps 1. Make your Object out of clay 2. Add Vaseline to your clay object 3. Follow the steps below • • http: //www. pinterest. com/pin/445715694342606175/ http: //www. lagunaclay. com/support/art-of-ceramicmoldmaking. php https: //snapguide. com/guides/make-a-two-part-plaster-mold/ http: //www. ginabellousdolls. com/miniature-doll-mold-making-tutorial-page-5/

Cuttle Bone Mold • Makes metal charms! • • http: //www. bing. com/videos/search? q=cuttlebone+mold+maki ng&FORM=HDRSC 3#view=detail&mid=9752 FD 7 B 5 EEFCCCC 9 EE 0 http: //makezine. com/2012/03/16/how-to-cuttlebone-casting/

Assignment • Due by the end of the final exam – original and painted toy creature series(at least two created from mold) out of any material. – cuttlebone charm – Box for Selling the Toy with Charm attached – (extension: create accessories for your toy)

Steps • Design and draw toy and charm (option to use one of your rodeo art objects) • Make toy out of clay • Make charm out of cuttlebone mold • Create a reusable mold of toy with technique of choice • Fill mold of toy to create two versions • Paint toys and create packaging

Vinyl Art Toy Artist Inspiration • http: //www. toyartgallery. com/artists/ • http: //collect 3 d. com/features/vinyl-artists/ Gary Baseman Amanda Visell Frank Kozik David Weeks