CIMG4992 Cardboard frame with a face-shaped hole for face casting

CIMG4992 Cardboard frame with a face-shaped hole for face casting

The end goal was to make a plaster mask of my face, as documented step by step in my blog post.

My friends M and P used to make plaster masks based on real human faces. They would first make a cast of a person’s face from alginate, a gooey material that captures the shape of your facial features to a tiniest detail. On its basis they would make an actual mask out of plaster.

First, M prepared a cardboard frame with a face-shaped hole in it. Then she made the hole fit snugly around my face by putting weatherstripping around its sides.

February 2007, Austin, Texas