I know from lots of previous projects that this kind of tape works well as a release agent for paper maché, but I didn’t know if it would work well for the plaster cloth. My hope was that the test pieces would be fairly easy to lift off of the tape. I then covered the white paper completely in strips of clear shipping tape. I also labeled the bottles with “PM” for paper maché and “PoP” for plaster of paris, and I noted how many layers I would be doing for each. I then used a marker to draw a large rectangle on each one this would be my target area to cover, so all the finished pieces would be pretty much the same shape and size. I prepared the bottles by doing the following: First, I wrapped a piece of white paper onto each bottle, and taped it in place. Making multiple copies of something curved would mean I could try various stress tests on them and see how these materials would hold up in an actual mask or sculpture more on that coming up. I wanted something curved, because curved shapes are always stronger than flat shapes. I decided to use wine bottles as the base for the shapes I’d be creating for this experiment. Consider the cost differences for a project made with one material or the other Shape.Compare the look and texture of the finished pieces.Compare the weight of the finished pieces.Compare the strength of the finished pieces.Compare various amounts of layers of paper maché and layers of plaster wrap.Conduct a test involving multiple copies of a curved shape.Here are the things I wanted to try for this test:
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