Applied Animation/// Taking a mold

With out existing models we removed them from their stands, placed them down in a clay holder and took a mold....

The first thing we did was carefully remove our models from the wooden stand, and drew a slit around the edge of them; making a rough estimate of half of the model. Next using clay we made a base that reached up the model and only exposed half of it (the edge we just scratched carefully around the edge of our model) and then made thick clay Secure walls around the base, for the plaster to be poured into.   And then finally, we poured the plaster in.... It was very important to have crafted thick secure walls because one student had his wall collapse - and plaster poured all over the studio.

After taking the mold we then repeated all the steps but with the other half of the model...