Torso Casting Day 5

This was the final day of the casting process. The keyed edge of the first half of the plaster jacket was coated liberally with clay slip and the final plaster jacket was added, embedded with hessian scrim. After leaving for 2hrs I used a hammer and chisel to carefully separate the halves of the mould and remove the original clay torso. Using a rasp I filed down any rough or protruding edges. The mould is now ready to reproduce plaster or jesmonite casts!