{"id":580,"date":"2008-12-08T13:39:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T03:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=580"},"modified":"2008-12-08T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T03:44:17","slug":"working-on-a-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2008\/12\/08\/working-on-a-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on a shell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Shell mold by Hil, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/3091613516\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3250\/3091613516_eff1a94f4b.jpg\" alt=\"Shell mold\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve promised myself to try to focus more on projects of my own, in between contract work for other people. I find it so easy to fritter time away when I&#8217;m not meeting other&#8217;s deadlines. So I&#8217;ve started back working on a big shell project I first started over 3 years ago. Back then I got as far as sculpting the shell out of clay, and making a ridiculously big and heavy plaster mold of it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about a metre long. Luckily I did have the sense then to make a cradle on casters for it, so I don&#8217;t break my back trying to maneuver is around.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago I sealed the plaster with layers of shellac, which turned it this beautiful golden mustard colour.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shell mold by Hil, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/3091617004\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3191\/3091617004_7a28136f68.jpg\" alt=\"Shell mold\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I am paper mache-ing it inside with tissue paper. I want it to look flimsy and papery and almost transparent, but I don&#8217;t know how few layers I can get away with, and still have it come out of the mold intact. The idea of using very fine fibreglass is tempting, but I am sworn off working with fibreglass.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shell by Hil, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/3090800609\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3145\/3090800609_21cb03e201.jpg\" alt=\"Shell\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are a few more photos at Flickr, where I&#8217;m making a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/sets\/72157610814730013\/\">photoset<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve promised myself to try to focus more on projects of my own, in between contract work for other people. I find it so easy to fritter time away when I&#8217;m not meeting other&#8217;s deadlines. So I&#8217;ve started back working on a big shell project I first started over 3 years ago. 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