Cast Glass Artist Di Tocker demonstrates mold making her Indicator glass artworks - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- I will show you the mold making process to create plaster/silica molds for my latest glass casting project, a new series of cast glass artworks called 'Indicators'. Born out of the need to be resourceful during the Covid 19 pandemic, I am casting a new small series of glass artworks using 'reclaimed' studio glass. Recycling the lead crystal off-cuts from gallery glass pieces will enable me to offer the 'Indicator' pieces direct from my studio and website www.ditocker.nz
In this video the molding process for creating kiln molds from plaster and silica materials will be thoroughly demonstrated, as will steaming wax from the molds, selecting and preparing the lead crystal for kiln firing and loading the kiln.
Check out my last video (part 1) where I discuss glass colour selection, my thought process behind designing a new series and share how I work with wax for the method of lost wax casting.
Part 3 will reveal the cast lead crystal pieces. I will divest the cast glass from the molds and look at glass polishing techniques.
I welcome your comments. If you like this video please share and more importantly subscribe to my channel for more updates from a Cast Glass Studio in Cambridge, New Zealand.
I am taking expressions of interest for this small series as they will be limited to stocks of reclaimed lead crystal glass that I have on hand. To register your interest in purchasing an 'Indicator' piece head to www.ditocker.nz and subscribe.
you are so organized in your studio! so many great tools-and of course beautiful work!
thank you for sharing
Thank you Leslie! My studio is my happy place 😊
Great video. Explains a lot.
Awesome video Di! Love the recycled glass!
Thank you!
Marvelous. I'm getting started, it should be quite the adventure.
Be careful of addiction!
Hi great work. Exellent👏👏👏
I am a ceramic artist and my wifi is working on glads fusion. How can I find the Slica Mix recepie. Can you help us.
Bravo!!!
Thank you!
You're amazing! That is super cool! What kind of wax is it that you use? Can you reuse it? Never would have thought to try this technique with glass
I use a microcrystaline base wax, similar to victory brown, which I used to get from the US. Yes it gets recycled for using on the next piece
@@ditocker4250 Thank you so much for the reply! You are amazing! Wife and are starting to make a living selling fused glass art to tourists and learning to be artists. You already made it! Next level stuff you are doing with the glass. Did it get too expensive to ship the wax to NZ? I have a small unrelated online retail business. I used to ship multiple boxes daily to NZ and AUS. Then some law changed and these customers were getting charged like 4x duties and shipping. Killed it. Wish I could help you get your wax, Wife and I are coming to NZ next year. We are really excited! I have wanted to visit for as long as I remember seeing the pictures, Have a great day!
Awesome video! I was wondering what your recipes are? is it just 50/50 Plaster?Silica? and or do you add Grog on Jacket Coats?
Hi Jacob, yes I do add grog on out layers on glass pieces over 2kg
I love your work, what kind silica are using?
I use Silica 350 from Sibelco
What is the ratio...how much plaster ? How much silica?...water?
Equal quantities of each
Also do you need to use sprues when casting glass?
Sometimes is the answer. Not always necessary or practical
Hi Di, what type of kiln is that please? Do you have any preferences of kilns?
Hey Craig, thats a big question - too big to answer here. BUT I have bought all my kilns second hand and they have all been designed originally for ceramics. I shall be including a useful segment on 'Kilns' in my upcoming Cast Glass online tutorial series.
I haven't seen any air vents, how can you get away without it?
I am not a big fan of vents and only use them when I have to. A long soak at top temp and setting up the form for gravity works well.
I notices you don't use silicon mold in the process. Is silicon essentially just for replicating something, rather than designing something from scratch?
Yes that's right. Silicone rubber moulds are for repeated works
I did not understand the procedure to remove the wax from the plaster mold, what do you use?
A wall paper steamer
What was the sheet material that you applied to the plaster?
I use fibreglass after the first layer of the mould.