Self-portrait in plaster | Selv-portrett i gips
My internet acquaintance Shane, is the lucky guy that gets to host of this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge over at WordPress. He came up with the idea to shoot a subject from every angle. This image is three photos merged into one. The subject is made out of plaster that’s been poured into a mould shaped after my face: an advanced, ancient form of self-portrait.
great portrait. When I studied pottery we made clay castings of our faces a laborious process.
Thanks Moondust. Yes, it took a long time. Especially sitting there with the mould on the face…
How very cool. Idolatry.
Yes: God, Allah, Jesus and other anachronisms and non-existing deities are boring anyway. Idolatry is way more fun!
Neat! I wish I could say I’ll recognize you now if I see you, but probably not. 🙂
janet
Hehe. There’s some self-portraits of me over at strataoftheself.wordpress.com to help your memory 🙂
Cool 🙂
The only thing I ever had plastered was my foot … it wasn’t nearly as interesting 😉
No, that’s not fun at all. If you we’re a school kid at the time, I guess that you got a lot of cool drawings and youthful words of wisdom from your friends written on your plaster.
LOL – it wasn’t that kind of plaster 🙂
Long before computer analysis of foot imprints was available for orthodics, it was done by plaster impressions of the foot.
you seem to have smiled while in the plaster 🙂
No, I didn’t smile, but I guess I must have messed up a little bit when I made it (You apply this fat layer of vazeline on your face before making the mould, so it might have been excess vazeline here and there).
You can’t smile, because you need to keep the wet mould on your face for a long time and you don’t want that wet mould in your mouth, so you better keep it shut and don’t smile! 😀
This is a brilliant technique. I agree with Alexandra… your mask looks upbeat 😀 Did the whole process hurt?
It doesn’t hurt, but as a teenager it always hurts your wild soul to sit still for a long period of time (waiting for the mould to dry), not being able to talk or see anything.
What a terrific take on this week’s challenge … not to mention the idea itself! Lucky Shane … 😀
Thank you Reb. Yes, he’s lucky. He’s been chosen to host the WPC before too.
Ancient form of selfie! Love it.
Yes, the term selfie weren’t even invented at the time! (shit, I’m getting old) 😀
Fabulous!!!
This is fantastic, Max! Cardinal 3D!
Yep. I have Cardinal 3D in my kitchen. Hehe.
That’s an inspiration for the Chef!
An interesting take on the challenge.
Where’s your skull?
Inside the wall! 😀