3D Print to Mold Relief

Francis Eyth

So my relief was less problematic than my object in the round and I was able to use it on Sunday to begin making my mold. The process I chose was brush-on though the discoveries found along the way are what is truly important in regards to the piece and my theme.

Before I get deeper into the creative revisions I am making in regards to my theme, here is a photo of my 3D printed relief with the 1st two cured coats of the brush on mold, the detail coat, and the tint coat.

Now let us explore the discoveries made along the way. 

Just to give a brief and, not completely thought out, overview my installation or piece will be a pop art piece that by using the culture jam framework will make a social statement and, or, cause contemplative societal and technological analysis by subverting the highly popular cultural artifact, the mobile, augmented reality, gaming app Pokémon GO. 

The idea spawned out of some preliminary FX and animation tests I was running for a personal digital 3D animation project that started out as an exercise for my own enjoyment. 

The idea I have been grappling with is, whether or not, to include a smart phone as part of the Poké-Ball's composition though once I had my 3D model's print in my hand the match was over, and an arm-bar choke hold to my creative senses led me to the realization that the iPhone included as part of the Poké-Ball's composition should have been an obvious decision to make from the start. Having the high touch, analogous, copy immediately verified the decision I had previously been so unsure of. 

    Back to the mold making process. 

 

Here is the state of my brush-on mold it is curing and awaiting me to construct the mother mold. 

Once my brush-on casting mold cured overnight I began to create the mother mold.

Here is an image of my mother mold before it cured which only took about 15-20 minutes at the longest due to adding XLR-8 to the plaster solution. 

Here is an image of my mother mold after it cured and as I begun to unseat it from the board.

And here is the mother mold next to the brush-on casting mold...

Finally, here is the brush-on mold seated in the mother mold ready for casting! 

Expect to see an update to this blog or a new blog altogether in a couple of days to view the result of my first cast...

My first cast with Onyx Fast!