what now with my plaster man?

Hi all-

in the process of patching walls, and therefore in an effort to keep from going utterly mad, i used the leftover plaster each day to create a thing that pleases me.

have a look here:

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the rushed photos. this was accomplished by slinging plaster off a blade one glob at a time. what is this technique called? splatworks? dropart? incrementational gravitated medium oversupply under frank conditions for the purposes of unstudied sapienistic portraiture?

anyway, i don't know what to do with him- does he need a nose? paint, stain, water colors, bury it in the earth for a month? i feel that some color is needed.

I had thought about smoking him over the grill for a few hours or making a small bonfire out of dyed materials, green grass and magnesium filings, and at that point decided to ask for advice.

I realize that asking for aesthetic advice from a crowd of strangers is much like patting a strange dog hard on the ass, but the risk, i feel, is worth it.

carl

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caterbro
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Dont quit your day job just yet.

Reply to
Herbert Cannon

don be a playa hata.

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caterbro

Most artists first efforts look like this. I have a friend who started stone carving using off cuts from a cladding job. If you like it keep going - there are good and bad artists but they are all artists.

mark

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Herbert Cann> > Dont quit your day job just yet.

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Mark

This is called a "tyrolian finish" in decorative stucco. The plaster is placed in a hand operated hopper, and as you crank it, steel tines send out globs as you describe. It is popular in Austria, obviously, but it is also throughout Mexico - the flinger is now made in Mexico (about $50). If you ever get to Puerto Vallarta, a large interior section of the new airport has this finish. It would be very effective in different colours. It is very effective to break up the texture of a large, flat wall - especially a wall with lots of defects from the form or second rate trowel work. Its weakness is that in wet climates it attracts dirt and runoff, which attracts moss and algae. You can use both cement or plaster

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Gary Waller

Hey...so you could do a better bust of Hal?? :)

GDS

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GreendistantNOSPAMstar

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