How Do You Make Plaster Letter Molds?

Plaster letter molds are handy for making personalized craft items like address plates, nursery items and namesake crafts. Purchasing these molds can be very expensive, especially if you are mail-ordering them, as packing and shipping on these items can be exorbitant. Making them yourself provides an easy and inexpensive solution to making personalized crafts.

You also have the added benefit of making the entire alphabet, or only the letters you choose. These molds are especially good for clay. Take each letter and set it face-up on a sheet of newspaper.

Spray the letters liberally with a coating of cooking spray. This will help you to remove the letters from the plaster later on. Mix the plaster of Paris with water, following the instructions on the back of the package.

Do not try to stretch your plaster by adding more water, as this makes a thinner plaster that will chip when you remove your letters. You need enough plaster to fill the baking pans at least 2 inches. Pour half of ... more.

Plaster body molds are indispensable for artists and sculptors who need to work from a realistic perspective. They can be used for reference, but often times they become a piece of the actual artwork, saving the sculptor the time and effort of carving or fabricating the body part from scratch. The process in not exceptionally difficult, but it is rather time consuming, and requires an exceptionally still model, so keep this in mind as you begin.

Grease your model with a thick, heavy coating of petroleum jelly. If you do not coat the skin with petroleum jelly, you will pull out your model's body hair when you remove your mold. It will also be more difficult to remove your mold, and can cause cracking and breaking.

As plaster dries, it creates a fair amount of heat, so make sure your model is aware of this before you begin. Petroleum jelly also helps protect the skin from the heat. Fill a pan with warm water and set it close to your model.

Have your model move to the desired position. ... more.

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