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Chapter 4: Basic Lifecast Design & Planning
Good Luck Is When Opportunity Meets Preparation.

Holding Objects & Mixed Media Lifecasts:
Held Objects ad another unique and surprising aspect to the art of LifeCasting™. Creating mixed media sculptures with even more of an individual's personality.
1. The object is held by your model as you measure the water and goes into the fluid ArtFORM™ with the model's hand. The mold will set around both their hand and the object as shown in the first illustration.
2. When the mold has set the suction is released (Chapter 3) and only the hand is removed.
•, The object stays in the mold.
The result in this photograph is a LifeCast™ which perfectly fits around the object just as the model held it!
In this particular instance the boy happened to have a bandage on his arm as well and we left it in place to be duplicated along with everything else - a typical reminder of a 'rough and tumble' boyhood.
This example also has a cast base which is explained on the next page.
3. The ArtCAST™ cement is mixed and poured in the second illustration as usual.
•, It is important to be especially careful of air traps when holding objects are used.
•, The cement can only go into the areas where the hand was since the object is still in the mold.
NOTE:
If the object to be held is valuable, such as if it had an professional player's signature on it, be sure to wrap it securely in cellophane before using it in a LifeCast™!
•, This should also be done for any non-waterproof held object or the mold may stick to and damage it beyond repair.
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