tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197788697130122332.post4882972813208110734..comments2024-03-13T01:46:30.526-07:00Comments on Create Art With Mrs. P!: Creeped Out in NHMrs. Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09923125203906064082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197788697130122332.post-74972719724874940252015-03-21T13:34:31.746-07:002015-03-21T13:34:31.746-07:00Hi WG! The model needs to have a generous coat of ...Hi WG! The model needs to have a generous coat of petroleum jelly on his or her skin to keep the mold from sticking to the body. My son was shirtless, but you could put on an old, snug-fitting tank top that you don't mind sacrificing (the plaster will never come out). The strips are layered on only on half of the body--have your daughter lay on her back and once you get to covering her sides, just go straight down and not underneath her (that would make the piece very hard to remove if it goes around to her back. You can also remove the plaster cast once it has set and then lay it on the table and add plaster strips that come down and touch the table surface. This will give you some way to attach the piece to the display board. I had my son add those pieces since he had been removed from the mold and wanted to work with the plaster strips himself. My husband helped my son cut the square in the chest cavity as seen in the related post. If you aren't handy or don't have the proper tools for this, you may want to layer the strips so there is a hole in that area when you begin. Then you don't have to worry about that later on. Or your daughter could just paint on the details of the lungs, etc. Good luck! Let me know how it goes--send me some pics at bpettus02@gmail.com. I'd love to see it! Take care, Mrs. PMrs. Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923125203906064082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197788697130122332.post-110065552087098662015-03-21T12:54:41.363-07:002015-03-21T12:54:41.363-07:00I love this idea and my daughter would like to giv...I love this idea and my daughter would like to give it a try for her respiratory system project. How do you get the body cast off of your model? Also, is it cut in half and then attached to the board? Any advice would b much appreciated as I am not too artsy.WGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004923640254468442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197788697130122332.post-3672499719343116112013-02-06T08:43:41.208-08:002013-02-06T08:43:41.208-08:00We experienced this similar sort of effect last ye...We experienced this similar sort of effect last year when we did packing tape sculptures!!! For the time we had them stored in the classroom (while they were being worked on) it always seemed like there were just weird bodies laying around. And then when we placed each of the different sculptures? Well... that was even creepier because I was constantly forgetting that we had done it and then I would walk in a part of the campus I normally don't go and would come upon it and I would just about have a heart attack EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. <br /><br />Apart from all of the above, I so appreciate your creative and creation adventures beyond the classroom. There is nothing more fulfilling than creating things at home with my daughter and helping her to indulge her curiosities as much as I can help it. Our newest endeavor is going to be in the realm of designing and creating doll clothes and furniture because she is so into dolls lately. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492749097146998056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197788697130122332.post-30957586893611080392013-02-04T22:04:37.209-08:002013-02-04T22:04:37.209-08:00You've got me giggling! I should say, umteen ...You've got me giggling! I should say, umteen years ago, we actually made full body casts of a (then) boyfriend and myself. I dressed up the one of me, and she lived in my art room for several years. Creepy. And when I moved to a new town, and pulled these bodies out of the back of the U-Haul, I got strange looks from my new neighbors. Oh, the things we do when we are young. Sadly, the casts were ditched many years ago, before I met my hubby. He might not have appreciated them.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.com