Clay Drapery Casting Project - 3D Foundations

This project is a series of steps beginning with creating a clay model of a piece of drapery set in a still life by byself, to casting the molding of the drapery with hydrocal.

clay drapery model

mold of clay draper, after casting the clay mold with plaster and covering with burlap.  this photo shows the cast after the clay has been dug and carved out of the mold to prepare to cast the plaster mold with hydrocal.  the board on the left was the board that was attatched to the bottom of the clay mold and plaster casting.

close up photo of the mold after being cleaned of clay.

photo of the plaster mold being cleaned out with murphy's oil soap.  the oil soap helps the plaster mold to easily break away from the hydrocal which was soon added to create a hydrocal casting.

this photo shows the mold after the hydrocal has been added.