Brave New World: Making Moulds

There are a lot of different techniques for making moulds, but I would like to focus on ways in which gelatin can be used to create the mould as this will be my main material for all my prosthetic pieces such as scarification for imitating body implants.

Technique for Large Moulds:
1) Select mould
2) Grease with vaseline (so won't bind)
3) Melt gelatin in suitable container in microwave
4) Pour gelatin into mould
5) Leave to set
6) Remove from mould and powder
7) Ready to use

I experimented using a pill packet to create my moulds, but ice cube trays and a variety of other every day items can be used to create large moulds to attach to the body, this technique I find is best for imitating body implants rather than scarification. I have considered if I wanted a certain shape as an implant I would most likely need to press the item into clay to make a mould to use the gelatin in.

Technique for Small Moulds (Scarification):
1) Grease an acetate sheet with vaseline
2) Melt gelatin in bottle (Best to do by placing bottle in boiling water)
3) Squeeze small amounts of gelatin onto acetate sheet to create small drops/lumps
4) Allow to set
5) Remove from mould and powder
6) Ready to use

I really like this technique for creating the bumps for scarification and feel much more comfortable applying these to the body in order to create the look, looking better over all than using rice and latex so this will be the method I use when creating my final pieces. This technique for mould making can also be used to create long raised keloid scars over the skin for creating patterns.