My practice has recently taking a turn to encompass more mold making and slip casting in my practice. The reason is I am interested in the model making and mold making process not as a process of mass production, but as a process of being able to refine a singular model and then create a limited run of that model. I like the idea of multiples so that there can be a family of very similar objects that are collected, owned by multiple people and that in turn connects those people together as well as to me.
I made my first mold when I was under the guidance of Dave Swenson at NDSU, but didn’t really take to the practice until I was shown by my good friend, Josh Clark, while in graduate school. Whether because of Josh is a generous person (he is) or because the bonds of friendship made him feel obliged to do so when I asked he show me (maybe both? ha), I learned most of what I know from Josh, who is excellent in this field. Follow Josh on Instagram at : @Joshua_r_clark_89
Also, there was a guy who graduate the year before me, his name is Yunwook Mun, and he made molds that were from another level of reality and his work is absolutely exceptional. The guy is amazing and his work is definitely worth checking out: IG @yunwookmun
So as I will be sharing some process photos of the work I am making you’ll see a departure from the hand-building process I had been primarily invested to make work. Likely I’ll marry the two in some way in the future, but I just have to let that develop.
The pictures below will likely not blow your socks off, but they are things that have been operating in the background as I have pursued strange and challenging molds.
