Hand plaster

Hand Casting Workshop For Two

This is a sculpture I did of my son and I holding hands, when he was almost 3. They are really easy to make and a treasured keepsake!! I also did a bunch of just my sons hand and gave them as gifts to family members. All you need to get to make your own is, "Alginate" it's the material dentists use to make impressions of your teeth, so it's perfectly safe for everyone. I purchased mine through my dentist. Use a container that is plastic, like a small sand bucket from the dollar store, since…

From an alginate waste mold.

From an alginate waste mold.

Register and bring a Friend to this Three Hour Class Learn how to use skin safe alginate and create a higly detaild artistic casting. Create a beaufiful sculpture that will have YOU as part of the art.

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How to Lifecast a Hand With Alginate: Lifecasting is making a mold of a living body. In this Instructable I make a wax casting of my hand. The overall result was impressive. The detail captured was better than I expected, with the texture of the skin being realistically captured.