This past Wednesday, I went to Seal Beach with a friend to complete our plaster casting projects. I felt a little goofy carrying a bucket of plaster and shovels down to the beach. As we started digging our hole in the sand, we were a little worried about whether we were actually following the instructions correctly. Once the holes were completed, we went to work on creating a mold to pour the plaster into. I decided that I was going to try and make a peace sign with my hand. Once the holes were filled in, we poured in the mixed plaster and started our 30 minute wait. We passed the time listening to music, talking, and worrying about whether our castings would actually turn out. After the 30 minutes were up, we dug out our hands and I started to think about all of the different ways that this project could be done. I thought about how many different ways you could create a mold, what materials you could pour into them, and what kinds of objects you could make with casting. I had never done anything like this before so I was really excited to see how it would turn out. It didn’t turn out to look exactly like what my hand looks like but I guess that’s all part of the fun of it. I may try doing something like this another time, maybe using a different material to make the casting out of. I had a fun time working on this project and I’d say it was class time well spent.