Face casting

We were told last week that we'd be making our own latex masks and today we started the process. 

First step: creating a modrock base.

we had to first cover eachother faces with clingfilm so that we didnt have to endure the painful experience of having modrock stuck to our faces. i had the pleasure of sticking modrock to emma's face. It was quite fun although you had to work quickly to cover a large space.

put them all together and they looked like something out of a horror movie.

Step two: plaster

After the initial casts had set and we had placed modrock over the gaps in the noses, we poured a very thick ammount of plaster into them and shook them to make sure it got into every little bit.

This again turned out to look like something which belonged in a child's nightmare.

The next step once they are all dry is to add clay to the cast so that it can take form when they latex is applied.