Chalk-Plaster MAKE Activity
Chalk-Plaster MAKE Activity
Chalk-Plaster MAKE Activity
1. Prepare the gelatine following the guidelines on the 3. Create a well in each of your mixes of coloured
packet. One sachet is mixed with one pint of water. plaster. You can do this with the back of a spoon.
This will produce much more gelatine than you will Carefully pour in a small amount of gelatine and
need to produce the small piece shown in the guide. mix thoroughly – keeping each mix separate. Add
However, you can keep it and continue to use it over the gelatine sparingly, you will probably need a
a number of days. If the gelatine sets, simply gently lot less than you think. The mixed plaster should
reheat it (in a microwave or bain marie). Leave the be dough-like - a similar consistency to firm
gelatine to cool for 5-10 minutes. mozzarella cheese.
2. Measure out a quantity of plaster and dry pigment to 4. The gelatine slows down, or retards, the setting of
a ratio of 5 parts plaster to 1 part pigment. the plaster so you have plenty of time to combine
Thoroughly mix the plaster and dry pigment. If you your different tones. Now you can be as creative
would like to create different tones of the same colour as you like! You could tear up the tones into small
roughly divide your mixture into two halves. Set aside pieces dust them in plaster and mix them together,
one half, this will be your darkest tone. Take the other or layer and cut them into pieces. How you
half and add the same quantity of plaster powder. You arrange your colours will have a real impact on the
can repeat this process again and again to produce appearance of your finished piece. Experiment!
lighter and lighter tones. We used six tones to make
the piece shown in the guide.
1 2 4
5 6 8. You can end the process here, but if you would like a
finer finish you can mix up a small quantity of pigmented
plaster with gelatine and use it to fill any holes or bubbles
on the surface. Damp the surface of the plaster first.
Once this has set, gently sand the surface using a finer
grade of sandpaper. You can continue this process using
finer and finer grades of sandpaper until you achieve a
polished finish.
10. Once the surface of the plaster no longer feels oily you
can polish the surface with a wax polish.
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