Once I had done some quick sketches, I had a feel for the piece, I set to work on the plaster 'Model'. This was to be the object that I would use to make my moulds. The image below shows the work in Progress . I began with an armature made of fencing wire, and clothed this in scrim and plaster.
Below is the finalised form with an MDF 'porthole' set into the plaster. The finished surface of this piece is reminniscent of smeared mud or clay. I wanted to give it that hand made mummy case feel, as if a shaman or relative had 'wrapped' our figure.
