Since in class we have officially begun our oil painting unit, we haven't had as much time to work on our sculptures. But, it's still coming along slowly! I've begun working on coating the wire mesh frame with the hardening concrete like mix, which takes longer than I expected since the cylinder like shape of the tubes makes it so I can only coat one side of the piece at a time. I noticed that when dry, the material isn't as strong as a expected and can crumble easily if mishandled, so I think its going to take possibly a few coats of the material to make sure it stays solid (also to make sure the parts that I coat at separate times stick together). Overall, its going pretty well and the next step is to figure out how to get it to stand up, but I can only really do that after I see how heavy the whole thing is after this part of the process.
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MM
5/21/2019 04:36:39 am
I was thinking.... perhaps you should mix some glue into the Creastone. It may help it to adhere better/stop crumbling. Remember, you are using the material in an alternate way (it is meant to be poured into a mold and then carved) so you will need to keep problem-solving along the way. You may also want to try using the plaster gauze in some places - because it comes in strip form, you can wrap it while wet, which would help. It will not have the look you want but it may be necessary at least in some parts, to move the process along. It can be painted, stained, etc. after the fact.
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