I have continued on with the ‘Insomnius’ series, having weighed and considered the concept . I used molten vinyl to create a ‘mother’ mould from which i could cast more sheep in one go…. it is so interesting learning all the time about the result of your actions/decisissions. The original plan changed dramatically when the box for casting the mould performed differently to what we had expected, i placed the ‘founding’ cast sheep in the box and did a pour of vinyl, all good and it fully submerged the sheep, very exciting.. then due to leakage caused by the extremes of heat, it contained half the original height of solid vinyl ( surrounding the bases of the sheep ) yet still coating the sheeps heads and necks and tops of backs. This action at the time, i thought a mould disappointment , was actually beneficial to the removal of the sheep, which because of the heads projecting into the mould i.e. creating a bend/offshoot from the easily removable basic shape makes it more difficult to remove. So therefore it became helpful. What might seem to be an unfortunate event may in fact be the first steps on a slightly different journey….
So, onwards it is……..
