Advanced Mouldmaking and Casting

The scope and potential of mouldmaking and casting is fascinating, and makes it one of the most exciting processes available to today's craftsmen. Its opportunities have been developed and expanded further by a range of new methods and materials only recently made available to the domestic market. Aimed equally at the student with little pre-existing knowledge and the professional wishing to further their skill base, this book provides an invaluable learning and reference tool for the studio or workshop of any artist, model maker or designer. Covers: jesmonite mould making and casting, bioresin casting, life moulding silicone from the body, large-scale clay press moulding, embedding in clear resin, clay slip casting, plas-ti-shim moulding, and finishing. Supported by step-by-step sequences and full descriptions of traditional processes as well as new methods, it is illustrated throughout with 212 colour photographs.

Auteur

Nick Brooks has thirty years' experience as an artist and teacher of techniques and materials in sculpture. In that time he has worked on multiple professionl projects and commissions in both the fine art and commercial mouldmaking and casting industries. He regularly teaches in universities, colleges, institutes and private studios around the country, and has attracted teaching and making commissions worldwide.