Castings.2

Unfortunately, I had other things to get to this weekend, but the very cold weather gave me an excuse to stay inside the house and try to pull off some molds from the deteriorating "fruits". Great success. I first poured two silicone rubber molds from (2) of the globes. Just in case they didn't work, I poured some Alginate molds of two others. I then pulled (4) plaster castings off the Alginate right away, since they will start to break down themselves.

The photo at the top is a detail view of one of the plaster castings (I also cast beeswax as an experiment). The next one down is a top view prior to pouring the Alginate, showing the breakdown of mother nature quite clearly. The final is the bag of globes that I'm working from. The orange and honey smell from the "materials" is a nice by-product.

Castings

I feel like I'm running out of time... to get castings off the Osage Orange "fruits", or seed pods, or whatever these wonderful green objects are. I've been drawn to their color and especially the surface texture, which varies widely. There is a OO tree a few blocks north of our home, and on our walks we find them "littering" the ground in late fall. This tree produces globes about 4-6" in diameter. Some have said they're often used to ward off spiders from the dank basements; they do indeed put off a significant citrus smell. 

In any case, I've been planning on using them as models to produce castings for insetting into furniture.. but they're starting to deteriorate from the inside out. Hopefully I can get some molds made this weekend.  

Image source: www.edupic.net/images/plants/oasage_orange326.jpg