Plaster Cast

Well... Today was a bit of a disaster.

I wanted to find a way to capture textures and objects so decided to experiment with plaster casting. After cutting out the base of a plastic food container, I pushed it into the sand and pressed seaweed, a chain and stone into the sand to create an impression.

I struggled to mix the plaster quick enough as it began to set before I poured it into the container. Not sure if it was because I used sea water!
The sand didn't create as interesting forms as I thought it would - some of the detail was lost. 

Final result - not as expected. I like how some of the sand remained on the plaster however the overall cast was not as defined an impression as I would have liked.