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Relief in Clay Relief in Clay Mold Making and MoldMaking and Casting Casting

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Page 1: Relief in Clay - VICKI LYNN WILSON in Clay Mold‐Making and ... Silicone Mold Making can be very expensive. Using the silicone caulk mold making technique You

Relief in ClayRelief in ClayMold Making andMold‐Making and 

CastingCasting

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Bas Relief or Low Relief

Relief sculpture comes invarying degrees of dimensionalitydimensionality.

These images are of thelowest for relief called bas relief or low relief. Bas relief is a lot like a

drawing or a deep engraving.

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Historically relief sculpture has been used to decorate the facades and friezesHistorically, relief sculpture has been used to decorate the facades and friezes of buildings.Pictured above are (left) Demeter and Kobe Exalting the Flower and (right) The Three Graces. 

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In these contemporary reliefs, the shadow reveals the dimensional form. Even though the 

k Whi h i h d lworks are White, the images have a great deal of value.

Below: Charles Ray, Above Right: Longwelly, g gBelow Right: Juana Alicia

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Relief Sculpture and Cast ReliefsRelief Sculpture and Cast Reliefsare practical for public art applications.

The bas relief fern design has beenmolded and cast in concrete. It will require little care and does not haverequire little care and does not haveparts that could break off.

This garden sculpture is carved stone

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Manhattan Subway‐Smithsonian Stop

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Henri Matisse (almost life sized). Bronze castings from molded clay originals. 

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Richard Notkin

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Richard Notkin

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For our project: We are making tiles that canFor our project: We are making tiles that canbe reproduced with a one part silicone mold.to keep the molds simple, take care not to create undercuts. Undercuts are spaces in the sculpture that could trap mold making material or cast material. They can make it impossible to remove the mold from the cast and ruin the project.and ruin the project.

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Relief Tile Student ExamplesRelief Tile Student Examples

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Other Student Casting Projects 

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A f f tiA few of my casting j tprojects

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Silicone Caulk Molds for sculptures in the round

Silicone Mold Making can be very expensive. Using the silicone caulk mold making techniqueYou can cut costs dramatically. Using water based clay like in picture 1 gives consistently good results.

h b h l ll ( h h l d b lIn the images above, the silicone piece is all one part (which is sealed by an overlapsystem in that lumpy ridge in picture 2). Because of the size of the artwork and the weight of the material, a mother mold was required (1/2 of the 2 part mother mold is shown inpicture 3). A mother mold is a second layer to a mold that is hard and holds all of the flexiblep ) yparts together.The cast plaster replica is shown in picture 4.

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Lost‐Wax Metal CastingMetal Casting

at PSU!Lost wax metal casting starts with an original sculpture.Often a mold is made from a clay sculpture and a casting is made inWax. 

The wax sculpture has someThe wax sculpture has somevents added (wax and wood) to create passages for the metal to flow easily.

A l ld i b il dA plaster mold is built around the wax sculpture and placed in a kiln. All wax and wood burns away leaving a plaster shell with the y g pshape of the sculpture inside.

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Metal is poured in,cooled andthen theplaster moldis broken Away ThenAway. Then The piece is“chased” orburs and imperfections are ground away.

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The finished cast aluminum piece fromA clay original.