Final shoot of my prosthetic mould:
After a long process of creating and trailing our moulds this is my final application. I definitely have a different outlook on prosthetics now than I did at the begging of this term! The process of making a mould piece takes a lot of time, patience and effort. All elements I knew would be involved but not at the height I discovered. The process is really interesting and quite clever, many would think, even myself that a piece like this would only take a couple of hours including application. However it takes a lot of practice and patience! It involves so many different steps and if one is not done to it best or even correctly by measurements then the fault or mistake will be very visually clear on the outcome.
Compared to my piece trialled in my last blog post this piece was much more successful. I used lighter fluid- Naphtha to blend away the excess surrounding my piece after filling the mould again. This results in a much thinner layer surrounding the shape making it much easier to blend away the edges using Acetone as the edges are much thinner. I still wasn't completely happy with my final piece as whatever method I seemed to use my piece would always end up much thicker than other people even after using the advised lighter fluid products. However I was quite happy with my shape as I was able to add a little lighter and darker coloured nude tones to bring out the shape and create a more 3D effect on the forehead. The edges were still quite hard to blend away as I didn't want to take it all the way up to the shape as that would result in it standing out from the forehead and not looking apart of it. So I kept some of the edges but unfortunately some of it was visible once I coloured it as the foundation just sat on top of it.
Unedited images:
Model: Phoebe Jacob Epstein
Had to consider Phoebe's sensitive skin when applying pros-aide and acetone to the face. Quicker application prevented burning and redness.
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