Posted by admin | Posted in Dog Care Tips | Posted on 12-08-2009
Tags: animals, design, dog, dog materials, material, pets, service dog materials
i want to make a sculpture of a dog on a leash, what material should i use to create the body?
I want it to be hard and sturdy and be able to last for years. Clay wont work because i dont have a kiln to fire it in.
I also want to be able to put fur and wax like drips on the body.
I have used glass fiber matting and resin over an armature of wood,builders wire and chicken wire in the past, also modroc (plaster impregnated hessian strips) over a wood and chicken wire armature and extra plaster for textures.
Both of these work well for larger sculptures
These sites may be useful.
http://www.essortment.com/all/sculptingtechni_rhun.htm
Ignore the adverts and scroll down for some useful info.
http://www.accessart.org.uk/modroc.php
Alternatively you could cast the body in stone-cast or resin (cheap), or metal (not cheap).
For stone cast (its a type of very hard plaster), or resin (which can be coloured with metal powders to look like bronze, you will need to make a positive model, clay is good, then produce a mould of it in several parts (depending on the complexity of the shape), then fill the mould with your casting material.
I use latex for my moulds re-enforced with mod roc.
http://www.castcraft.com/vidset.htm
For metal casting I use something called 'lost wax', I make the initial model from hard sculptors wax, cover it in plaster and take it to the local foundry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost-wax_casting
This is where I get my sculpture stuff from, they're very good, cheap(ish) and helpful.
http://www.tiranti.co.uk/
Have fun and good luck.
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