Inspired by the Yves Saint Laurent crepe georgette evening dresses and
Copper body sculpture and cuff by Claude Lalanne
(Fall/Winter 1969)and the amazing costumes worn by Jane Fonda in Barbarella (see previous post) i have decided to attempt creating my own female bust to be incorporated into a fashion garment by using Vacuum forming. vacuum forming, is a simplified version of thermoforming, whereby a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto or into a single-surface mould and held against the mold by applying vacuum between the mold surface and the sheet.
these were a first attempt at making a mould of the female form, however it collapsed into itself before i had a chance to refine the shape as it was too heavy and not reinforced in the right areas.
The second attempt worked much better. For the first view layers i used bandage plaster strips, and filled it in with plaster of paris.
After i had achieved the overall shape i wanted i had to smooth over the outer plaster-bandage layer. Using my hands i applied plaster of paris onto the outer layer, i then filled in the cracks and eneven elements and sanded it down. To fit into the vacuum form it has to be of certain measurements so i sawed off the neck and lower torso.
Below are the after-shots of my sculpture once it had been into the vacuum form. Devastatingly it was crushed by the force of the plastic used and the wrong settings in the vacuum form.
ouchhhh.
this resulted in a plastic bust with a bubbly surface (due to too much heat) and a crushed neck/upper torso. Quite attractive.
this guy was thrown in the bin.
Meet sculpture #3
Hopefully it's third time lucky.
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