I am still trying to find the right format for the project posts. The image slider was just too long on the first post. Splitting up the second post was not right either. Tonight I am mixing image sliders in […]
The After Dark segment for the German Cat Night Light is being put on hold for a week. In its place is something closer to a real time story. An old book I bought online, George Savage’s “Seventeenth & Eighteenth […]
I have added another mould making method to my practice this past year that I had known of but never much used before. Plaster is poured all around the object. The set plaster is split in controlled ways. The rough […]
Once the build up is complete, the moulding process begins. The plaster and water are weighed, given time to ‘slake’ and then mixed by hand. I prefer the quiet contemplation of stirring by hand over the noise of power drills. […]
These moulds should be as simple as possible but also well made so they are easy to use. For the bodies, I align the limbs and appendages to part easily into two halves. It is not about making the figure […]
The practical side won. I spent the week making moulds. One body and four heads. This week’s post has been split into four parts. Images are more manageable this way. The action figures I like best are fully posable with […]
An original take on the cat night light from the early 20th century. This was described in its listing as being Japanese Kitsch from the 1950s. I think not. It is much too good for that. Looks like 1920s Germany. […]
This night light takes on a whole other dimension when it is illuminated solely from inside. The open base conveniently allows for a pad type battery operated LED light to be placed there. When you turn this cat and view […]
There are lots of images in my files of getting the action figure prepped for mould making that you are not going to see. That is because I had the good fortune to have a guest who was willing […]
This will become a wall light. It will accommodate wiring or the insertion of a battery operated LED. The plan is to recreate some of the feeling of the antique night light discussed in Collector. Trying out the Plainsman Polar […]