#Alginate

[k00242882]

The Feet

I made wax casts of my feet.

They fit into the wire shoes for Stick person.

Day 3 of the alginate.

This is an image of the waste alginate.

I'm wondering how long it will last, given that it's an organic product.

Could it be used for something else?

[k00295632]

Project: Disrupt, Week 5, Friday (10/11/2023)

I got started on my 2nd idea and got started on making plaster molds of my hands. This morning I went on a man hunt to try find Mike Fox to see if my idea was plausible and how I'd cut the plaster models for every frame. He explained to me that I could use a sort of cheese grater tool (?) and shave away a bit every frame. I was then set up with Chris the technician who taught me how to make plaster casts in the workshop area.

First I had to make a leak proof container for where I would the alginate, Chris showed me how to do this by rolling and taping a piece of card paper and hot gluing the bottom of it to a board.

We then poured the alginate into the tube and I stuck my hand in, in the desired pose. As you can see, I'm over flowing with joy, loving the texture of the alginate on my hand, and the experience of sitting on the floor on my old man knees for 5 minutes ( better than squatting). I had a bit of trouble keeping my hand in the same position as I kept unconsciously lifting my hand upwards, so I had to keep readjusting myself , it thankfully didn't interfere with the end result.

I had to wriggle my way out of the alginate, it was a moist experience, and my left hand smelt strongly of mint. Afterwards Chris taught me how to mix plaster, basically you fill the mold full with water and pour that into a bucket , and slowly go adding plaster powder in until it starts equally pilling up on the surface. You give it a little mix and squash all the clumps and pour it into the mold. I let it set for 50 minutes ( you should let plaster set for 45-60 minutes so that it hardens and isn't affected by the alginate, they both dry at different rates.) and came back to start peeling away at it. I had to slowly chip away at the alginate to locate the plaster without damaging it.

Here is the final result. I think it looks cool and I'm happy with how it turned out. The only issue is that there's these little bubbles the palms of the hand, I think it was caused by me moving during the initial alginate mold but it doesn't really affect my project so I'll let it slide. Now I just need to repeat this process about 5 more times, maybe 6. Those technicians are gonna be sick of looking at me by the time this is done.

[k00283341]

The finished ear :)

Couldn’t be happier with the results

The hair strands wasn’t intended but I think it gives it some cool textures

Creating this also made me a little more confident with my ear

I loved creating this and can’t wait to make more!

[k00281190]

Plaster workshop

7/11/2022

My goal for the workshop was to cast my hand for my project. We started by measuring out our hands and making a paper cylinder.

We then hot-glued the base of the cylinder so that the alginate would not leak.

[artmolds]

[cplconsult-com]

CPL's daily case study on tumblr.... CPL Business Consultants analysed the current and future use of alginate and a number of other potential ingredients in pet food.

[atelierbret]

Bonsoir ! J'espère que vous allez bien en cette fin de semaine. Je suis sur quelques projets mystères que j'ai hâte de pouvoir vous présentez. Voici une petite série de tirage en plâtre qui ont servi à réaliser des prothèses. Les empreintes ont été faites en alginate sous chappe de bande plâtrée. Certains ont des bouts de tissus dans leur atelier moi, j'ai des bouts de gens 😆 #Empreinte, #alginate, #bandeplâtrée, #plâtre, #moulage, #prothèse, #souvenirs, #immortaliser, #modèle, #modelefemme, #artfrance, #valdemarne, #atelierdartiste, #atelierartiste (à Ormesson-sur-Marne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7SIaAq0ch/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[morethansalad]

Vegan Bibimbap (with Vegan Egg Yolk)

[boiledegghole]

omega 3

[surveillance-0011]

Don Bluth ish TFBCATHBY bc I am obsessed with @a-salmon-good-time . I think ω-3 would be like. Funny side characters maybe even slightly antagonistic with their pissy attitudes. Maybe they’d show up in some sequel or spin off… idk idk. But big thanks to loafbud for this super cool project I love love love this concept

aaaand to the side is a little scrapped sketch of human!DJ don’t worry abt it

(Please don’t repost)

[thorin]

wanna make my own silicone hobbit ears so i can cosplay bilbo but nobody told me this is like actual real science stuff that involves a bunch of chemicals tf

[k00242882]

Alginate Day 46.

I cut the dried alginate into three pieces.

Steeped one in sea water.

Grated one for use with latex( for texture)

Painted one with latex mixed with Madeline's homemade charcoal.

So, I tried frothing up the latex in a milk frother

I added green paint and sprinkles.

Didn't work because the frother heated up.

I'll try with a normal electric mixer.

The alginate has a lovely texture.

Latexed with charcoal, to look like rock.

I wanted to expand my ground so added all the other latexed stuff that I'd done

[shinkai-kaiju]

turns out i love working with silicone, even without the proper tools/workspace. I'll get myself soms good measuring vessels and proper stirring tools in the future..dunno what id make much of though

[autobotmedic]

@13urningstars

"Do what you got to do doc, I can handle it. I'm a big girl." Despite the easy going grin on her face, she's incredibly tense and it takes everything in her power to keep her tail still and not worsen the wound, claws practically digging miniature ravines in the rock she'd been settled on.

It had been a bad turn of events really. She had been exploring outside the Iacon Shoal as she most often did during her free time, when she had stumbled upon a small shark trapped in a fishers net. Now she couldn't tell you how the net had separated from its source (although, based on the state of the cord, she assumed it had frayed due to age and over use), but she could say that she had managed to free its prey. At a price, of course. During its panic, the shark had perceived her as a threat and attacked, which she wasn't able to avoid before successfully calming it down.

She returned from that endeavor with a new friend to feed the next time she was out, and a decently bite in her tail that hurt like a bitch.

She's lucky ratchet stumbled upon her really. Primus known's he's do a better job at patching her up then she ever could. And really? How much more could it hurt compared to now?

He nodded at her reply to his warning, accepting the permission to proceed. Ratchet could feel her tension as his hand slid under her tail to hold it while his other retrieved a package of material from the pouches along his back. He opened it, removed and wrapped the alginate dressing tightly around her tail, then tied a knot on the side opposite her injury to secure it in place. Afterward, he pressed his large palm over the worst of the marks, relying only on memory now that the wound itself was hidden (but he had taken careful note, thus memory was all he required).

"There is an antimicrobial solution added to these, and that will suffice, but it would be safer to have it cleaned properly later." Whether by him, in a better equipped medical room, or someone else. That was her choice.

Maintaining the pressure on her wound, he added, in a lower tone, "... I prefer Rescue or Ratchet, over 'doc,' by the way." It was not as important as medical care, but he would be applying pressure for several minutes, and it was better on any patient to have a distraction such as conversation than silence. No other topic had come to mind.

[artmolds]

[kingdrawcse]

Chemistry behind Ice Cream

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