MOLD MAKING

During the month of March, Tim Synder owner of the Galloping Goat hosted a mold making workshop at Spark Box Studio. Participants learned how to cast a mold from a clay object. Tim has quite the background in mold making. He has spent considerable time making dinosaur molds for various museums around the world. There are many different mold casting processes, for this workshop Tim used a two part silicone for making the mold and a white resin plastic for casting the objects from the mold.

The process begins with sculpting a 3 dimensional objects from clay. During the the first class everyone was given a brick of clay to sculpt. The next class the students built little walls around their objects and poured a two part silicone mixture that harden over 24 hours. This mixture is what will create the mold. The final class session was spent cracking open the molds and casting the objects. The group poured a resin mixture into their molds that hardens quickly and when the mold is pulled apart the final object pops out. The mold can then be reused many times to cast the object over and over.