Flat Plate Moulds (Penny Delemar)

Sculpting

- sculpt piece using wet clay
- scars, wounds, bumps and flaps of skin are all suitable for flat plate moulds
- leave plenty of room around the piece

Casting

- make a low wall in wet clay around piece, leaving 6-12 mm of clear plaster around edge of piece
- apply Vaseline all over piece
- mix batch of plaster and fill the box that the flate plate is in to the brim
- allow plaster to set ( about 40 minutes)

Removing Mould

- take mould out of box and separate the two halves carefully
- clean all traces of wet clay from mould
- put both halves in oevn to dry (just over 100c) for two hours

Filling Mould - gelatin

- mix the liquid sorbitol and glycerin with the gelatin. Heat
- mix zinc oxide and pancake scrapings and a little gelatin together until happy with colour - add this to the heated mixture
- place mould in a moderately heated oven for fifteen minutes
- remove from oven and wipe with vaseline
- pour the hot geltain mixture into the mould, making sure whole piece is covered - no air bubbles
- close the mold halves, matching the keys to one another and apply pressure evenly. leave for about two hours.

This method described in the complete makeup artist by Penny Delemar is very different to how we learnt to do a flat piece mold. It's like a mixture between our closed mould and flat piece methods. It uses plaster instead of silicone to cast the piece and has a top half of the mold rather than it just being an open piece. Although it seems interesting it is a lot more time consuming that the method I am currently using although it would be interesting to see how it works at some point.

Delemar, P (2003) The complete makeup artist, working in film, fashion, television and theatre. 2^nd edition. Berkshire. Thomson