(09/04) Making the mould

It did not go as planned and it was quite evident that was going to be the case from quite early on, as around the house I only had 1litre of silicone. In order to compensate for this I tried to find a tight container that would allow for a thinner mould and hopefully cover more of the head. I covered the container with a layer of cling film in order for removal to be smoother. I also coated the head and pot in a thin layer of vaseline. I was careful to make sure the valine did not dill the grooves in the face, only coat them so that the silicone would fill them.

The mould was left to set for 36 hours.

I have no regrets about being ambitious with my idea even when faced with doing it without studio resources. I did not want to order more silicone and put a life at risk in doing so, as when I go that far for materials where do I draw the line at too much. Also the best time I could get more silicone was the 16th, the day before the project is due. It though did not go as planned. It was a substance and methodology I had never used before without adequate resources. But the visualisation it gave my ideas was a concept I truly became invested in. So I tried and got an adequate mould from it, not to the scale i had originally planned. But it is in this case adaptable as I was working from a developed “base”. I know paper mache inside and out having grown up doing it with non other then my granddad and mum. The individual who inspired this project. The head will hopefully survive the attempted making of the mould if not a bit malformed an unrecognisable from the process. There is an analogy in that that relates to the topic I think.