The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-10
MOULDING THE FACE.
A COATING OF OIL AND THEN
PAINT WITH SOFT PLASTER.
Then MAKE Your Own ts-Amatsars
Encouraged TO become Experts After
q Little Time-TriAls Of the sitter
Are Many.

The art OF plaster casting Is so sim
pie that with a little patience any one
may acquire II and get the most pleas
ing results. II is an inexpensive
amusement. The plaster costs only 81
a barrel, says the Boston Globe. and
enough may be had for % cents to last
the most enthusiastic amateur for
months.
The hrst thing 20 consider In making
a cast Of hand Is to have the hand
to be experimental with In the best
possible condition. The nails should be
carefully shaped and the cuticle press
ed into place. The hand should be
washed In warm water so that the mus
Giles become relaxed and the fingers
supple and the cold tap run over II
long enough 20 close the pores. rub the
hand and as Ear up the arm as the east
Is 20 be taken. with glycerine. This
will prcveu, the plaster from sticking
Great care should be taken not TO let
should be brushed under the finger
nails with a small camel's hair brush.
Take a large bowl and pour the water
into 70, then sprinkle the plaster In un-
ul IL reaches the surface of the water.
Stir br,skly until the whole Is Of uni.
form consistency Il must not how
ever. be stirred too long or the plaster
loses lbs nature and will not harden.
whea Il is FIRST mixed the plaster
should be like very thin cream. The
hand upon which the glycerin has been
rubbed Is then laid carelessly and natu-
/ rally upon piece OF old sheeting or
a soft towel. which Is dropped upon the
| table and allowed to assume lts natural
| pose. Then the plaster should be TAX
en- out In a small teacup and poured
over the hand In as thin a coat as pos
/ slide al first. So that no air bubbles
| may remain the caster should blow the
/ plaster until every bit Of air has cs-
capped. After the hand Is well covered
with the FIRST coat the rest Of the plas-
ter should be quickly added and even
~ distributed until the cast is about,
two inches thick The hand should be
kept perfectly quiet until the plaster
has set. This takes about fifteen min
utes. As soon as the hand begins 10
feel the heat % the plaster II should
be carefully lifted up by the caster and
turned over Then all the little bits OF
paster which have leaked through be-
tween the fingers should be broken
away by the caster. Sometimes a dull
tool. such as a stone-cutter's chisel. Is
OF much assistance. and Il must be re-
membered that all the patience Of the
caster and the sitter are required 70
remove the hand without injury to the
mold After the plaster has had ten
or fifteen minutes In which TO set the
sitter may begin to wiggle and gradu.
ally work the fingers without doing
harm to the cast. and though the hand
appears TO be firmly imhedded in the
plaster. Il will soon be felt 20 be break.
ing away Il the muscles OF the fingers
are hrmly stretched backward and FOR.
ward Once the hand Is free the cast
must be placed where Il will dry slow.
ly. II should not be touched Tor two or
three days. Before the cast Is made the
mold should be washed out with boiled
oil and soap. This should be applied
with a soft brush which will not In.
jurc the hne lines In the mold After
the plaster has set Tor the second time
the outer covering can be gently chin.
ped out by blunt stone cutters chisel
aud a hammer. This DESTROYS the
mold. but should leave the cast per.
feet. To mount the hand. an a small
oblong tray which has been well rinsed
with either glycerin or boiled oil with
plaster Of paris. and before Il il quit,
hard place the hand on the plaster ID
that the finger tips. wrist and palm
just become imbedded enough 10 ad.
here
The casting Of the face il no NOR,
difficult than the casting % the hand
II 10 Is done In the proper way Il b,
mos simple 10 have the sitter lle on
bis back, with "a low cushion under IA,
head Great care should De- taken h
covering the face. particularly the eye
IDS with rIyccrin
The eyebrows should Do covered with
@ th,n coating ~ clay, and @ mus,arh,
shoud Doc built ont with clay. modcl,.
Iu just the form iu which Do grows. an,
then glycoriued 4 towel should b
placed Far back under the chin. hroush
around the front of the ears. and na
tened firmly over the top of the fore
head. just where the hair begins.
Small pieces Of wax or cav shout,
De inserted IN the nostrils. through
which the sitter draws breath Tbl
allows The lips TO be- kept natural
closed while the mold Is being takeI
Of tho mouth.
Before the plaster is applied Il 4
most essential that the caster explail
20 the sitter thar after the plaster ha
been applied ho will become consclou
a. tlo feeling that % Is going 10 fan of
the face Many a srl ndid east has bee
spoiled By the movement ~ the mus
o.cs OF s.ttcrs In their efforts TO e.,
plain that the plaster is about to ial
away from the face This sensation
caused by Cos hardening. aud Is Away
a false alarm
The FIRST coat Of plaster applied 10 N
face should be- very thin and put o
with a brush. Il must be- daubed rath
or than painted over, until the feature
.rc covered with coat about al
eighth OF an inch thick. then CAREFUL
and with az little pressure on the mus
Giles as Is possible. the plaster Shout
De applied until II Is an inch and a hal
or Two inches In thickness. and as 500
as II Is set II can readily be lifted fror
the face Almost any number Of cast
can be made II the mold proves good.
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