Making a Latex Rubber Mold

Winter 2020

Using found objects to make latex rubber molds that can be used for plaster/silica castings or glass powder castings for Freeze and Fuse. The desired found object is pressed into several layers of modeling clay, the excess clay is trimmed away, and the object is then covered with several layers of latex rubber to create the mold. Article originally published on page 66 in the Winter 2020 issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly®. Design, Fabrication, and Text by Dane Brady Photography by Jason Brady

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