Plaster Casts of Found Objects

As the plaster cast I created in Mousehole wasn't very successful, I used the objects I collected from the beach to produce a set of smaller casts at college.

Rolled out the clay to the size of a large matchbox and pressed in the beach finds to create an impression. Then, filled the boxes with plaster and produced a small set of casts.

I like the tactile quality to the casts. I think that I will develop these further to see what other pieces I can produce using these patterns.

I created a set of shallow clay forms so that I could produce a paper graphite rubbing. Although the impression were not as deep as my originals, the detail within the shells was still difficult to capture.