Sculpting For Prosthetics Workshop
2 days – May 13th & 14th 2013
Sculpting is at the core of making prosthetics, and one of the most creative things to do.
The best thing is that to practice, all you need is a cast to work on and something to sculpt with. You don’t need to mould everything you sculpt…just sculpt something, photograph it and then reuse the materials.
This is an economical way of learning, as well as building up a portfolio of sculpts which you can review later and seek advice without cluttering up your home with dozens of delicate sculptures.
This 2 day workshop will provide you with the key skills needed to get you up and running with sculpting prosthetics, and both days costs only £300, including a cast which you can take away with you to use again! Click Here For Flyer
Day 1 is a great basics day, introducing you to essential prosthetic sculpting techniques.
Day 2 goes into more detail, covering texture and refining techniques.
Areas covered include:
- Tools & materials.
- Design and planning appliances.
- Blocking out form.
- Refining shapes.
- Creating textures and effects.
- How to harvest textures from the real world.
- How to save and copy your sculpts.
The workshops will be run at the Guru Makeup Emporium, Fulham in London. (Click here to see a map and more details).
There will be a maximum group size of 6.
Both days run from 10.30am to 5pm.
The workshop fee is £300 for both days including workshop notes, use of all materials and kit and a plaster face cast form to keep, allowing you to continue to practice in your own time.
Prosthetic Application Workshop
1 day – May 15th 2013
Once everything is made, it’s the final piece of the puzzle – sticking the rubber onto the skin and blending it in!
The Applying Prosthetics Workshop is a one day hands-on practical class which covers the key skills and techniques required to apply and colour appliances effectively. A lot of people find matching skin tones tricky, and this workshop will look at the practical steps to achieve this key skill.
Models, appliances and all kit and materials will be provided and are included in the fee! Demos and practical elements will look at foam latex, latex, gelatine and silicone appliances. Click Here For Flyer
Areas covered include:
- Understanding how appliances are made.
- Identifying good and bad pieces.
- Adhesive types and selecting the right one.
- Matching and blending skin tones.
- Dealing with perspiration.
- Repairing a bad edge.
The workshop will be run at the Guru Makeup Emporium, Fulham in London. (Click here to see a map and more details). The workshop is £200, including all appliances, materials, model and kit use.
There will be a maximum group size of 6.
This workshop will run from 10am to 5pm.
Effective Casualty FX Workshop
3 days – 10th, 11th & 12th June 2013
Effective Casualty Prosthetics is a little different than most. It looks at creating realistic injuries, starting with a practical approach to how the injuries happen and the mechanism of the skin and the bodes response to trauma.
It is all too easy to run straight to the makeup kit and start slapping stuff on and hoping the blood will do all the work. However, unless the makeup is in the right place, the skin is doing the right thing and the blood is flowing, drying and collecting where it really would, it is all to easy to create something that looks fake.
This workshop starts from the causes of injury, looking at placement and environmental factors first. We will then move onto three different projects, all with a set brief to keep you on target and creating amazing realistic injuries.
The Effective Casualty Prosthetics Workshop is a three day hands-on practical class which covers designing, and creating amazing casualty appliances effectively. The scope of injury makeup is enormous, so we will break it down to common factors and principles you can use again and again.
Models, appliances and all kit and materials will be provided and are included in the fee!
Areas covered include:
- Understanding injury.
- Avoiding ‘bad’ casualty makeup.
- Placement of injury.
- Burns.
- Gunshot trauma.
- Lacerations.
- Realistic bleeding.
The workshop will be run at the Guru Makeup Emporium, Fulham in London. (Click here to see a map and more details). The workshop is £500 including all materials, kit use and model.
There will be a maximum group size of 6.
This workshop will run from 10.30am to 5.00pm.