As some of you may know I have been working on a new project. Part of it was trying out some new molding materials that I plan on using for a big project that I plan to start moving on in Aug… sorry but that one is all hush hush till I am done. I promise it will be worth it. This project however was inspired one night while planning for my week of body painting at motion notion. I am really proud of how they turned out and would like to share the process Stage one was deciding what type of horns to make a friend requested deer antlers and I decided on impala inspired antlers for myself. Once I had decided I looked up some pictures and got to sculpting. The freshly sculpted horns ca be seen in the picture below and are made of a sulfur free oil based clay. After the plastic was fully cured I was able to crack open my molds and clean the clay out of the middle. From there I sealed them back together and poured up the final product with a slightly flexible urethane plastic. Once the horns were out of the mold and the edges trimmed I was
able to paint and start building the headpieces. After making a hue mess in my kitchen I had finally applied enough glue rhinestones flowers and feathers to make a finished piece. In the end I made 3 one with no horns made as a warm up of sorts while waiting for the weather to be nice enough to paint outside, A small more delicate pair for my friend and a large all out pair for myself.
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