Week 4 Removal of the mask/making coins

This week I got to remove the paper mask from the cast. It was a bit difficult since we had to cut around the edge and carefully peel it away with out either breaking it or cutting yourself. After that it was just a matter of painting the mask and letting it dry. After finishing up the mask we moved on to making negatives for coins. We first had to draw up a design keeping in mind that any words all had to be written backwards. Next we used some pieces of plaster to carve the negative. After that we pressed some clay on to it and there was our coin design.