Abstract
My sculpture “Pigs Feet” has literal foundations upon casts of live pig’s feet. I locally sourced the pig’s feet before casting them. My sculpture makes use of a once cutting edge casting technology, alginate. Alginate molds were once the standard in dentistry. Alginate is an appealing casting material as it is refined from brown seaweeds, is both food and skin safe, it is suitable for educators, for artists and engineers alike.
DOI
10.5642/steam.20150201.6
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Standlea, Jesse W.
(2015)
"Pigs Feet,"
The STEAM Journal:
Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.5642/steam.20150201.6
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https://scholarship.claremont.edu/steam/vol2/iss1/6
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www.standlea.com