On a field trip to Portland (Dorset), I ran a casting workshop with a bunch of artists. I carved a cup which the others made three part moulds of by pressing each side into reclaimed clay. We filled the cavities with a mix of Portland stone dust from the masons planers and white cement. The next morning the cups were excavated and filled with Dorset ale.
Using the same process, I made a table to exhibit a selection of the cups at the Menier Gallery in London Bridge.
The quarry.
The quarry.
Man with dog in tractor.
Processed stone at the mason's.
Sieving the dust from the planers
The industrial waste product was used as the aggregate for the workshop.
Carving the master.
Pressing the master into clay.
Pouring the portland stone/cement mix into the moulds.
The first set of moulds.
The excavated cups.
The participants with their cups.
The master, carved portland stone.
Georgina.
Lisa.
Heath.
Kate.