The Hand

On the 29th of February, I started work on my silicone hand, first I had to measure the right quantities of water and alginate for the mold, next I had to create a container for my hand and alginate so I made one out of old milk cartons and it taped them together

next once the water and alginate were mixed up I poured the mix into the container then I placed my hand inside and waited for the alginate to dry, after 13 minutes I managed to pull my hand out of the mold, for the fake bones I found some old wooden sticks, snapped them, sanded them circularly, sprayed them white and stuck them together.

Next, I mix the silicone with red pigment until it turned pink, once it was ready I poured the silicone in the mold and made sure that there weren’t too many air bubbles, then I placed the bones in the correct place. After 24 hours I cut the container open and Tore off the alginate after cutting the excess silicone off the hand it was done, I was pretty happy with the end result.

Then on the 3rd of June, I began progress on a new and more realistic hand, to give it a better color I bought a silicone pigment in flesh tone, so then I did the same process as last time with the alginate, then when I mixed up the silicone with the new pigment and poured it into the mold and just like last time placed some “bones” inside, after 24 hours I took the hand out of the mold, this hand was shorter but I felt it was a huge improvement from the last one and looked freakishly realistic.