Plaster tray
18/11/2022
Try your hand at the moulding
technique to make your own country-inspired plaster tray.
Materials:
- Resin plaster (2 packets)
- Mixtion
- Gilding leaves
- Flat brushes
- Gloss varnish
- White spray paint
- Protective plastic sheet
- Glue gun
- Leaves, acorns, branches...
- Tray made of wood or other material
Difficulty level :
Time to make (excluding drying time): 4 hours
- Difficulty: medium
- Create your design using leaves, acorns and branches on a wooden tray.
- Glue your design into place using the glue gun.
- Use a brush to apply some unmoulding Vaseline over the whole tray and design.
- Make the alginate mould in a large container: Place the tray in the bottom of the container, then make the water + alginate mixture in a bowl, and pour the mixture into the tray. Leave to set for 10 minutes.
- Unmould by removing the wooden tray.
- Make the plaster mix, and pour it into the alginate mould. Leave to dry for about 1 hour.
- Unmould the plaster tray, then let it air dry for half a day.
- Sand it with sanding paper.
- Spray paint it using the white decoSpray.
- Apply the liquid mixtion using a brush, then leave to dry for 30 minutes.
- Apply the gilding leaves.
- Varnish the tray with a gloss varnish.
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