The problem was the technical relation to form in casting of sculpture. The media used were colored plaster and concrete

Leach, William J.

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Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University FHSU Scholars Repository Master's Theses Graduate School Summer 1963 Expressive Form in Cast Sculpture William J. Leach Fort Hays Kansas State College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses  Part of the Art and Design Commons Recommended Citation Leach, William J., "Expressive Form in Cast Sculpture" (1963). Master's Theses. 780. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/780 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. THE EXPRESSI ON OF FORM I N CAST SCULPTURE being An Abstract Presented to the Gr2duate Faculty of the Fort Hays Kansas St ate College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Art Education by William James ~acb., B. A. Fort Hays Kansas St ate College Date 7 -/j/ - 6 3 Approved THE EXPRESSION OF FORM IN CAST SCULPTURE An Abstract Presented to Dr. Joel Moss and the Faculty of the Graduate School Fort Hays Kansas State College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements f or the Degree Master of Science in Art by William J. Leach July, 1963 TEE EXPRESSIOti OF FOP-M I N CAST SCULPTITRE The problem was the technical relation to form in castD:-g of sculpture. The media used were colored plaster and c~ncrete. The artist discovered t he· importance of relating the ae:sthetic qualities of design to the limitations of t he media and t he tecbni--cal processes. The quality of the final sculpture depended greatly upon the" care that was taken 1.n t he final construction of t he molds. Tbe adding of color to t he plaster media helped to enliven t he final cast, but due to t he chemical content of t he color addi-tive, t he plaster would weaken if more t han five percent were used. The artist also' found t hat the plaster wouJ.d cure t o a harder consistency if he used very cold water when mixing t he plaster. After t he cast was t horoughly dry, wax s used in order to add a luster to, t he piece as well as i ncreasing the quality of t he color. When using concrete t he artist first used the direct plaster method of constructing the figure. It was found t hat t he surface texture of t he direct plaster was aest heticall y suitable for can-crete as t he media for t he final cast. }1a.rble and limstone chips were used as a color agent in t he concrete pieces . A gelatine mold was used for the first concrete piece,D:i.scovery. The second con-reclining figure, Disconsolate, was cast in white Portland cement with sand and hand crushed limestone as an aggregate. Latex rubber was used for t he mold and proved very satisfactory as a molding media. All t he concrete pieces were ta.ken from t he mold ( ) m r1L;1 rm IJ I, ·I~ nr f1 • 11110YD" 1811 high . Colored plaster . 11 FAYE" 1811 high. Colored plaster II DI SCOVERY" 2611 high . Concrete . - --- -~--11DISCONSOLATE11 Reclining figure 3611 long. ll!I)ISCONSOLATE11 Detail. ' 11 srANDI NG FIGDRE" 3611 high. PJ..aster lllSl'ANDING F.IGURE11 Detail. "EVE AND AD.AW' 1211 high. Colored plaster. 

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