I have been working on a sculpture project for the last 4 months. The brief was to create a work incorporating flying pigs. The objects had to have the appearance of aged copper. My challenge was to do this using plaster.

I started by modelling flying pigs in plastercine. I selected one of the two models for casting in silicon. I managed to make the mold directly from the plasticine model, with the plasticine model surviving relatively undamaged.

I then made 8 plaster copies, selected a final set of 4, and worked up the final composition of 1) a stand alone pig and 2)3 pigs flying through the air, mounted on a board. The copper finish was achieved using a 2 part paint solution from St Lukes.

Photos of the various stages are shown below.