Soap Eggs with Glass Carton

Materials: Soap, Sheet Glass

Egg Process: Liquify soap, pour into egg cast, let harden.

Glass Carton Process: Create clay mold of cardboard egg carton, fire in kiln. Coat clay with shelf resist, let dry. Cut sheet glass into random shapes, layer on top of clay mold in speical kiln. Fire for several hours, let cool.

Lotus Egg

Materials: Egg Shells, Plaster, Super Glue

Family Tree in Carton

Materials: Cardboard Egg Carton, Red Wax, Resin, Vintage Family Photos, Zots Adhesive.

Installation: Wall

Carton Process: Coat carton with melted red wax, allow to dry. Pour resin over surface, allow to dry.

Vintage Family Photos: Digital photos of vintage photos, used Picasa to shrink, printed onto regular paper, cut to size.

Final Assembly: Applied Zots to back of photo and arranged at bottom of carton.

Earth Eggs

Materials: Resin, Wooden Spheres, Acrylic Paint

Earth Process: Wooden spheres painted to resemble planet earth with acrylic paint.

Resin Egg Process: Silicone mold of eggs which were cut on the top half to allow resin to be poured. Molds poured half way full, partially dried, earth spheres added at the time. Resin dried fully, add resin to fill to the brim. Allow to dry, remove from molds, arrange as desired.