Fabric plaster of Paris

So with this piece I got my ideas from a cave I had went to in New Mexico, Mr. Wertz had mentioned stalagmites and stalactites last week and that's when I thought of doing a model sort of the Carlsbad caverns. 

In between each arch there are gonna be stalagmites and stalactites made of wire and athe base will be cardboard 

There are gonna be seperate arches and none of them are goi to touch 

All of the pieces will be covered in plaster and probably stained or painted 

Two of four arches 

All four arches have been created and taped to make them sturdier and I started to plaster them yesterday during flex. I have half of one left then I'm going to put another layer or two of plaster too make them thicker and harder because of the weight of the stalagmites and stalactites.

To keep the arches up I decided to use wire and sort of stitch it through the arch and then back into the base.

First arch is up but leans back a little bit so I'm goi to try to use modeling paste to prop it up a little.

All four arches are attached and I'm just waiting for the modeling plaster to dry. 

 

Plaster mold

So my idea for this is a candle holder. On the inside of this annoying clay mood there are little divots that are kinda circular for the plaster to fill and hopefully will give a cool look to. Once the plaster is dry I'm going to remove it from the clay and carve into it and create holes on the outside for the light to shine through. But the top of the mold will still be plaster where you can put a scented wax pallet and have it melt on top. 

So the clay didn't break luckily and now I'm starting the hollowing out process. So far so good 

It's finished and I'm super super happy with the finished product. I used water color to paint it and love the blue green color I managed to make 

Plaster reduction

So originally this was suppose to be two moons but it wasn't turning out the way I wanted it to so I changed it up for it to be to snake heads. 

This is the beginning of the reduction just carved down 

I finally finished the detail but decided not to paint it.