Short and Sweet- Candy Links

Hey all, I was looking online for vintage candy wrappers when I found these two websites.  I haven't given them thorough scrutiny yet,  but they both seem to be worth a peek. http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/ This is one person's collection of candy wrappers past and present. A good resource for your propping needs. http://mistertoast.blogspot.com/2006/06/candy-bar-wrappers.html This is just a short, fun blog post with some sweet old...

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Spilled Cokes

Just a quickie this time, folks. My friend's mom is decorating the lobby of a theater where she works, and asked for a few spilled sodas.  These sodas are just Smooth Cast 325 casting plastic with a little bit of brown So-Strong pigment.  I poured them onto plastic wrap, and removed the plastic wrap once they were cured. See those flaws in the one in front? That's where there were wrinkles in the plastic wrap. Smooth out your plastic w...

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Safe Dial Part 2- The Casting

I cast the dial from Smooth Cast 325 using what they call a 'cold cast' technique, or what I call, schmooeying bronzing powder into the mold. This technique gives a metallic look to the resin. Here is how the process works. Once I finished demolding, it was time to reassemble the mold.  The bumps and ridges formed by the cured rubber actually act as registration points for the mother mold. There are three important things to remember here....

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