Silicone Mould-Making & Casting

Silicone rubber is a flexible mould-making material that enables you to make a mould of an object or sculpture so that you can reproduce it multiple times in a diverse range of casting materials. You will learn essential mould-making principles and casting skills during this course. This course works well as an introduction or refresher to this versatile material. The course is also an ideal spring-board for more complex mould-making and casting in our ‘Follow on/intermediate’ course.This course will teach you to:- Identify the correct process to cast a small found object or a small sculpture with.
- How to prepare objects/sculptures for mould-making.
- Identify correct release agents.
- Make a solid silicone rubber mould
- Make a 2 piece silicone rubber mould with a plaster jacket.
- Identify techniques to cast into your mould using plaster or jesmonite.