Preparing Plaster for Belly Casting

Video Transcript

"In this clip we're going to talk about preparing the plaster for the belly casting. I have filled my bowel just over half full with very warm, almost hot water. Typically we have the model check it to make sure that it's not too hot for her; but you need it to be that warm for the plaster to apply properly. When you're cutting the plaster, we've laid down paper towel so we don't get the counter all dusty with the plaster residue. We cut about twelve to sixteen inch strips. We use anywhere between two to three plus rolls of plaster when we're doing a belly casting. Two rolls is typically for just the belly area when you're casting. We go to three rolls and possibly more when we include the breasts or plaster of hands on the belly. When cutting plaster for a full torso casting which would include breasts we do cut additional smaller pieces anywhere from about four to six inches. When we are going to cast hands we do different types of cuts, mostly in triangular pieces and some smaller rectangular pieces. In this clip we talked about preparing the plaster for a belly casting."