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, IMG_5634 2.JPGI 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.

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Dummy

On the 21st of February, I started construction on my stunt dummy as part of my locus project.

Shopping list:

  • A long sleeve black shirt
  • My old pajama pants
  • old socks
  •  cheap rubber gloves
  • an old grocery bag
  • Old newspaper
  • A lot of duct tape

 

The torso

For the torso, I wore the black shirt and gloves and covered myself in duct tape as tightly as possible (except for the elbows), I also taped the gloves on. to remove the shirt I cut along the front then I taped up the semes.

The legs

For the legs I wore my old pajama pants and socks and covered them in duck tape with the socks attached (except for the knees) remove the pants I cut along the sides and I taped up the seams.

The head

For the head, I wore an old grocery bag on my head and tape around the forehead and chin and managed to pull it off.

 

Assembling the body

Once each body part was made I tipped at the seams filled with newspaper and Taped each section together, then dressed the dummy in my clothes

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My Locus Project

On the 18th of February, I presented my locus project idea

My idea was to make fake body parts like in movies and tv shows, for the presentation I went over what kind of body parts I was going to make, what kind of materials I was going to use and what my contexts were.

The body parts I aimed at making were hands, feet, heads, D.I.Y fake blood etc and the materials I was planning of using were silicone, latex, ballistics gel, and clay and for molding materials, I was planning on using alginate, plaster, and latex.

The inspiration/ context for this project came from Leonardo Da Vincis’ anatomy drawings, the La Specola exhibition, and Back yard FX.

 

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Drawings

I chose Da Vinci’s drawings because, for some of the body parts I wanted to make, some wouldn’t rely on casting molds and instead be sculpted by hand, and I would use his diagrams as a reference.

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La Specola

I chose this because it inspired me to not make all of the body parts normal, I wanted to make various versions

  • Infected
  • Decaying
  • Muscle skin
  • Etc

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Backyard FX 

Backyard FX was a D.I.Y tutorial show on Youtube that focused on making Hollywood style effects, props and costumes for cheap prices, I chose this because I’ve always been interested in prop making especially horror related, so I feel this project will give me the chance to experiment with various materials for molding and crafting.

Heres  a playlist of they’re old videoes: