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Dragon toenails

30/1/2020

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Check out the smoothnicity of these babies. Making dragon toenails. This is actually the second batch because the client said they needed to be flatter. The client (being my mum!) is always right. They are going to be cast in clear resin with a wee bit of goldyness and some blue. We'll see how it goes. It's for her quilt she's making which looks pretty awesome with a big ol' dragon on the front. We thought that shiny toenails would look cool and it also means I have something else to experiment with.
This is Apoxie Sculpt. I was wanting to see how smooth I could get the surface and went all the way up to 2000 grit wet n dry sandpaper then a wee polish with my Dremel felty polishing wheel. It got pretty smooth but I wanted jewel-like. So my solution that may or may not make a difference is adding a shiny coat of gloss spray lacquer. Let's see if it works. Now it's silicone time!

#moulding #casting #apoxiesculpt #resin #epoxyputty #silicone #lacquer #sanding #wetndry #smoothnicity #shiny #pigsticksp #sculpting #dragon #toenails #polishing #polishingtoenails
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All the mouldings

29/1/2020

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Yey! Got my first successful pull of the body and the head of this weird wee guy. Not my sculpture but I got tasked with making a mould for him. His head and body are separate and the head in particular was a bit of a challenge as it's hollow like a bell with long dangling sticking out ears and nose and no flat surface. I wondered how on Earth I was going to do it but I do love to rise to a challenge. After much trial and error I got a good (whole!) cast with a one part mould and injecting a liquid casting material.

​I'm feeling I want to try one more time in a slightly different way as there are benefits and disadvantages to the two ways I've already experimented with.The body was done as a brush on mould, though its challenge was the mouth cavity with tongue. Undercuts! But it seems to have worked and I got a perfect cast in plaster. . Love it when a plan comes together!*

*comedy reference for the old yins (like me)

#mouldmaking #casting #success #sculpture #plaster #brushonmould #silicone #mould #weirdshapes #wheredoyouputthepourspout #learningalongtheway #teachingyourself #trialanderror #funtime #theAteam #ipitythefool

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The Key(s)!

28/1/2020

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Doing a little brush on silicone mould and thinking of how to easily make keys for the mother mould. I then remembered I still had most of a mini Easter egg plastic mould tray left over from a college project. That should do the trick shouldn't it?

#neverthrowanythingout #mouldmaking #brushon #brushonmould #siliconemould #keys #eastereggkeys #modelmaking #pigsticksp #making #makingitwork

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A soncy thing

26/1/2020

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Look I made a thing! A soncy thing. We finished our signs today and I'm rather proud of my effort. Will be put in pride of place in my sitting room. Will definitely be trying more practice of what I’ve learned at this weekend’s sigh writing workshop. Straight lines are my nemesis but every time I do more things like this I feel I'm getting better.

#signwriting #soncy #scotswords #weekendworkshop #learningnewthings #rachelmillar #archipelagofolkschool #mountfloridagalleryandstudios #glasgow #practicemakesperfectornearenough
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Signwriting weekend workshop

25/1/2020

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A soncy piece of signwriting happened today. Channeling Burns and haggis for this weekends wee workshop I'm doing, lead by the fabulous Rachel Millar at Mount Florida Studios and run by Archipelago Folkschool. Check out their website, they have lots of interesting workshops available. Been good fun, getting my paint on tomorrow. Word

#signwriting #Burns #robertburns #burnsnight #soncy #sonsie #soncie #sonsay #word #scots #rachelmillar #archipelagofolkschool #weekendworkshop
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Weird chemical reaction...

24/1/2020

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Messing about with moulds and casting this week. Interesting and weird chemical reaction...see the one in the front left, it's pretty much the colour of the stinky old blackened resin I was experimenting with and just trying to use up (fingers crossed it still cures). I put in some blue glow in the dark pigment just for fun and because I had some. Normally, when fresh, this resin would be a light amber colour. See all the other ones...they are all from the same batch of resin but I added yellow glow in the dark pigment and it seems to have returned it to its original colour!!! (except a bit glowy) Why? I've no idea. It must have been the faeries what done it.

#thefaeriesmusthavedoneit #resin #casting #resincasting #moldmaking #moulds #propmaking #modelmaking #glowingthedark #weirdscience #magic #siliconemould #latexmould #pigment #pigsticksp #jenkilgour #allresinisstinky #weararespiratorwhenusingresin

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La Sumera still standing strong

20/1/2020

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#Repost @riudart with @get_repost
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"Hoy @deepbluesea_ , @bertagomezpastranamargalef y yo hemos hecho una rutita artística por las calles de #ribarojadebre. Muy recomendable. Con ganas de acabarla en la proxima visita!"
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"Today @deepbluesea_, @bertagomezpastranamargalef and I have done the art trail through the streets of #ribarojadebre. Highly recommended. Looking forward to finishing it on the next visit!"

La Sumera e L'Unicorn is getting big love and looking lush in her greenery. I made this beastie on the Riu d'Art residency in Catalonia in 2017. Had the most wonderful time sweating buckets, welding in 30+C heat and confusing many a Riba Roja villager as to why there was a woman in the metal workshop. Got a marvellous response in the end. La Sumera is Catalonian for female donkey and L'Unicorn is well...unicorn as you may have guessed. They are the respective national animals of Catalonia and Scotland and represent a commonality between the two places.

#riudart #ribarocks #catalonia #ribarojadebre #residency #art #sculpture #welding #donkey #unicorn #scotland #steel #jenkilgour #pigsticksp #lasumeraelunicorn
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A Storm is comin'!

18/1/2020

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A Storm is comin'!

Went to see Vision Mechanics' amazing 10m tall walking puppet this morning and it was fabulous gathering huge crowds in her wake. This is Storm, she is the ocean and has come to tell us to take better care as she has taken care of us. Storm is part of the Celtic Connections Festival 2020 and was part of the official launch of the festival.

#celticconnections2020 @visionmechanicsleith #giantpuppet #glasgow #storm

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R.T.F.I.!

14/1/2020

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R.T.F.I...!
Accidentally didn't read the instructions of this new resin properly. In my defence, the 2 part bottles are the same size so I assumed it was 1:1 ratio. Seemingly not, as I noticed after mixing and pouring that one bottle was a bit heavier than the other. They were small bottles! Will it still cure? Well, it has double the hardener in it so I assume it will. I guess I'll find out!

#resin #mouldmaking #casting #rtfi #paymoreattention #dragonclaws #making #pigsticksp #pigsticks #jenkilgour #propmaking #resinart #readthefuckinginstructions
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Sceptre for the King!

12/1/2020

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That's a wrap for Cinderella with Loop Theatre. What fun was had. I did another cheeky super, quick make for the King, giving him a very panto sceptre. Thank goodness for pound shops! A mix of leftover Christmas baubles, gold ribbon and a bit of tube, all stuck together with the trusty glue gun. Fun, fun times.

#streettheatre #outdoortheatre #panto #cinderella #kingssceptre #quickmakes #propmaking #props #jenkilgour #pigsticksp #pigsticks #making #looptheatre #princessquare #princessquareglasgow #glasgow

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