U C A C r a f t R e s i d e n c y 2 0 2 4 - 2 0 2 5
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March 2025
First thin cast of a big rock in porcelain.
Thinking of black holes and moving particles.
Thin glaze and clay casts of rocks with space imagery.
April 2025
Shrinking the Serpentine rock by casting a porcelain copy and high-firing. A glaze casting mould is made from the small Serpentine porcelain copy.
First succesful multiple-part glaze cast using a mock-up Serptentine glaze.
Slightly distorted glaze copy of the small Serpentine rock.
May 2025
I want to go bigger.
Alginate layer to capture the texture.
Modroc layer on top of the alginate to keep the shape.
The day's office.
Every side is cast separately.
A plaster copy is cast from each of the alginate sides.
All the plaster sides are assembled using plaster, glass fiber and polystyrene.
The plaster rock is cleaned up and carved back to look like the original rock.
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