Search

Search for:

naomi nickerson

Skip to content

About
- Curriculum Vitae
Portfolio
- Altered Vessels
- Painting and Drawing
Student Work
Teaching Philosophy

Student Work- College

Like this:

Like Loading...

I took a lost wax casting class in college and fell in love with the process. It goes: wax to ceramic to metal; positive to negative to positive. Each one being burned out or washed away by the next. I loved that each material was protected by the next and obliterated by the one after. I loved the community action of pouring molten metal into the ceramic mold and breaking off the slurry and grinding down the metal and adding the patina. It was a thrilling process. Mold making for slipcasting and production is similar. I make a positive in clay, pour liquid plaster all around it, brush liquid silicone on it and will now pour a “jacket” or shell of plaster to keep the silicone rigid. I’ll use this to make multiples of my mold. Plaster is soft and wears out quickly. I can see the difference between molds I made six months ago and ones I made two weeks ago. The silicone is flexible and non porous so will act as a barrier between the two plaster pieces. It’s so elegant and symmetrical.

Blog at WordPress.com.

Post to

Cancel

%d bloggers like this: