mushroom forest

i took a great course with ellen babcock at cca last weekend and made these pewter castings. so excited to work with me hands. kind of rudimentary, but so fun. the weight is amazing, these puppies weigh in at about 5.3 ounces a piece. one of 'em has the blackening agent smeared over it, but i kind of like the subtlety of the untarnished ones. there's one stuck in the mold that is a kind of jack in the box for friends. some buttons appearing soon too. we made water clay negatives, wax positives, oil clay positives, plaster molds and hi-YA, poured some plaster in there to get...voila!