"Pieces of Plastic" Casted Jewelry

"Cluster"

Every year, San Diego State has a few visiting artists that come and give a lecture to anyone who wants to attend. I usually had to do a paper on the artist, but I would go to them, regardless. They always have some interesting information to share about themselves and the process of their work. I always learn more than I thought I would. Last year, we had Renee Zettle-Sterling come to our school and give a lecture as well as a workshop the following weekend, which I attended. If you look at her work here,  http://zettlesterling.com/, you will see what she has is absolutely amazing and odd. She also uses a lot of casted plastic materials; which she showed us how to make at the workshop, as well as mold-making. And let me tell you, this was one of the best experiences I have had at my school. We learned from her and then experimented and filled every little mold with plastic, wax, resin, etc., just to see the results. There was also some skin wax that you could dip a finger into, have it dry and then remove and fill that mold of your finger with liquid plastic. And when that hardens, VOILA! your very own casted finger in plastic! It was such an easy and fun process! I was having a blast, making molds of my fingers, fist, and even my elbows! I have plans for my elbows, just you wait. 

BUT, out of all those little random casted plastic objects, I decided to make them into something; instead of having them lay around at the bottom of my tool bag. 

So this:

Turned into these:

"Buster the 3 Legged Lamb"

Top view of "Baby Elsy"

 Side view of "Baby Elsy"

"Gerome"

"Just a Baby"

Each piece here was casted from liquid plastic. This was done by creating molds of different children's toys and then creating plastic pendants with the liquid plastic and food coloring. Afterwards, each piece was made with a backer and prongs to hold it in place by brass and strung on a silver chain. The weirdness and random textures created on these pendants just give off such a fun and interesting vibe, it is hard not to appreciate their strange cuteness.

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