I just ordered the two gallons of pourable mold rubber I need to “convert” my “Sullivanesque” design that was recently finished- into a form I can take a plaster piece mold from for pressing terracotta into. Two gallons is not enough to fill the mold, it is only enough to pour about 1″ deep, the rest of the depth will have to be plaster to save on the costs of not having to buy two more gallons of expensive rubber.
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Louis Sullivan Sullivanesque mold finished, and a timelapse video.
At last the mold is finished along with the complete time lapse video for that process; I also cast the first interior cast from the mold and gave it a weathered antiqued wash so I could get a photo. It will be available in brick red, kiln fired terracotta as well. To purchase a cast of this design; https://www.urbansculptures.com/cart/product/sullivanesque-panel-after-james-w-scoville-chicago-nr-ls-2/
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, mold
Now with the clay model done and ready to make the mold of this interesting webbed lotus flower motif, I have begun that process today and will be finishing it to-morrow A timelapse video of the process; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBhOYdwVyhU
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, model finished 12/7/2018
I’m finished with this Sullivanesque model now and plan to start making the mold to-morrow morning. it’s moist clay, somewhat firmer than it was as it started losing moisture, but it’s still delicate and a paint brush can leave marks on the surface so I have to almost flow the first coat of rubber on rather than firmly brushing it on. I wanted to get the mold made before it dries since as it dries and becomes completely dry the clay shrinks about 15%, and then when pressed clay copies are made those would also shrink almost that much, so the double shrinkage of about 25% would seriously reduce the…
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/21/2018
More detailing is roughed in as is the background texturing, the clay needs to firm up a little before I finish it up. Hope to get that done this week and weekend, and make the rubber mold next weekend.
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/18/2018
The model is nearing completion, still a fair amount of detailing and cleaning up to do yet, but here’s the progress to date.
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/9/2018
Some more progresss for today! And today Nov 10th. The sales link for the pressed terracotta is here https://www.urbansculptures.com/cart/product/sullivanesque-panel-after-james-w-scoville-chicago-nr-ls-2/ There will be an interior cast-stone version available first.
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/4/2018
Making progress on roughing out this Sullivanesque model.
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My Sullivanesque model,
I had to dig out some old unfired very fragile clay models of mine from the corner in the utility room since I had to replace the sump pump hose. This model of a Louis Sullivan design I did in 2008, I’m likely going to convert it to do it in terracotta, so I left the unfired clay model out to look over and plan for that. This was not simply molded off an existing piece, it was modelled by me in 2008 for a Chicago client’s townhouse when he couldn’t find the exact design and quantity etc he wanted, so his contractor got hold of me and the end…
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/3/2018
More progress today roughing out the upper half of this Adler & Louis Sullivan, George Elmsley, Kristian Schneider, James W Scoville building 1894 design