How to Make a Statue from Gypsum Easily and Correctly
Making Gypsum Statues - Gypsum can not only be used to make profiles on gypsum ceilings, it can also be used to make statues, ceramic molds, flower arrangements, medical equipment, and much more.
However, in this discussion we will discuss how to make a statue from gypsum which may be useful for friends who like the art of carving statues.
As for other materials ranging from ceramic mold materials from gypsum, making flower pots from gypsum, to the benefits of gypsum for medicine, we will discuss on another occasion in the next article.
How to Make a Gypsum Statue
How to make a statue from gypsum, friends of Larantuka gypsum.com can follow the following guide and steps:
1. Making Gypsum Statues by Carving
Friends at home can make statues from gypsum in the first way, namely by carving using a small carving tool.
Carving tools can be easily obtained because they are widely sold in hardware stores or you can also use tools that are commonly used to make puppets.
So the first thing to prepare is to prepare gypsum material in the form of blocks or compacted gypsum. Then, carve it to resemble the desired statue shape.
As for how to make gypsum into a block or solid shape, it is the same as making a list profile from gypsum, you can read the material here.
2. Making Gypsum Statues Using the Printing Method
The second way to make a statue from gypsum is to print or duplicate an object and in this case of course duplicate the desired statue shape.
So you have to make a statue-shaped mold first, then duplicate it through the mold. This method is also almost the same as printing a gypsum list profile using a mold.
Regarding the mold making material, this depends on the mold making material available at the nearest store in your city. For example, a mold made of silicone rubber, resin, or gypsum itself.
How to Make a Statue Mold
Here is a guide on how to make a statue mold using materials such as Silicone Rubber, Resin, and Gypsum.
1. Making Silicone Rubber Statue Molds
Silicone Rubber is very good for making gypsum statue molds and is often used by some Indonesian people, especially for statue lovers.
However, the price of silicone rubber is quite expensive to buy. However, even though it is expensive, you will be able to make gypsum statues more easily and quickly if you use this type of mold.
It does not require high precision to make even a complicated statue model, if you print it using a silicone rubber mold.
You can buy a 1 kg can of Silicone Rubber at the nearest hardware store first to try it. However, don't forget to ask for 100 grams of hardener and every 100 grams of silicone rubber requires 10 grams of hardener.
So silicone rubber without hardener is like making vegetables without salt, which means making gypsum statue molds will be in vain if there is no hardener.
For how to make a statue mold from silicone rubber, you don't need to be too careful and detailed. As long as the parent statue is in perfect shape, the silicone rubber liquid will form by itself following the shape of the parent statue that has been prepared.
The main reason is that there is no need for caution, because silicone rubber has elastic properties like rubber when it has been formed into the shape of a statue mold.
2. Making a Statue Mold from Resin Material
Materials for making gypsum statue molds can also use resin where this material is classified as more difficult and a little complicated and requires god-level patience in making it.
The first thing that needs to be done in making a statue mold from this resin material is to buy the resin material first at the nearest building store in your city and don't forget to buy the hardener liquid too.
The name of the resin hardener liquid is usually called Hardener. If the shop assistant does not understand the word hardener liquid, then you can say the word "Hardener" to the shop assistant.
Even so, usually there are several building stores that sell complete resin packages, namely along with the resin without us needing to ask further.
In addition, also ask about the dosage of the resin mixture and the hardener liquid to the officer or shop owner so that the making of the gypsum statue mold can run well and smoothly.
Furthermore, the statue in the form of a master which will later be used as a mold must first be coated with soapy water or you can also use butter polish so that the hardened resin does not stick to the master statue.
So in general, how are the steps to make a gypsum statue mold from resin, namely:
- coat the statue to be molded with soap
- separate the parts of the statue into several mold partsthe parts of the statue to be made
- the mold part of the statue is coated with a resin mixture using a brush
- after using the brush, don't forget to put the brush in an acetone solution so that it doesn't dry out and harden
- after the resin is dry, coat it using enough fiber fiber
- then coat it again using resin + hardener
- and so on until the desired thickness of the gypsum statue mold is achieved.
To make other parts of the statue mold, you can follow the method through the steps above until it reaches the same thickness as the petung mold that has been made.
3. Making a Statue Mold from Gypsum Material
The statue to be duplicated or multiplied is first smeared with melted butter on the entire surface of the statue. In addition to melted butter, you can also use Vaseline and shoe polish to smear it.
The purpose of why the statue to be duplicated must be smeared with melted butter first is so that the results are not sticky which can damage the mold and are not perfect.
How to make a statue mold from gypsum which is then used to make gypsum statues, namely by dividing the parent statue into two parts or 3, 4, or even parts depending on the level of difficulty of the statue's curve. For a more complete explanation, we will make a separate review on another page.
The point is, after the gypsum statue mold is finished, it must be dried first. When it is dry, the inside of the mold or the surface of the statue must be coated with green liquid soap that has been mixed with warm water by applying it several times to the surface of the statue.
Every time you make a gypsum statue, you must always smear it first with liquid soap on the entire inner surface of the mold so that the results are not sticky.
That's the information on how to make a gypsum statue and it turns out you have to make a mold first, which you can choose from the three mold-making materials in the explanation above.
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