Between the
piñatas,
living pictures, there is always something in the making in my house. Many of the non-garden ones tend to involve my OH and it is always fun sitting down together talking through ideas.
Some of the current projects revolve around the sea urchins we found
recently. Short of doing some sort of picture, we are still considering what to do with them. One of the things I have always enjoyed is making molds and casts. The shells are very delicate and have an amazing amount of detail and so I have been experimenting with different molds and materials.
I had never tried two part molds before, and still have a few things to tweak. They are getting better though and having tried casting in resin, instead of plaster, helps to stop air bubbles ruining the result. This is the latest attempt, you can just make out the amount of detail in the mold.
There are different stains available for resin, so I can see a whole line of different colours appearing a soon. The other good thing about being able to cast my own shells is that I can make a series for the garden. I think they will look good scattered in among the points.
