MATERIALS: Horn molds

1. • erinadam 4 years ago

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   • Does anyone have any advice of where to get horn molds. Currently I am using actual cow horns but they are hard to find and occasionally break because I bake them at a low temp which tends to make them a bit brittle. I would like to find hard epoxy or silicone molds of cow horns but can't seem to locate any. Any advice? Thanks-EMI

2. • shilo 2 years, 11 months ago

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   • I noticed that this message was written in 2004. If you are still here, did you ever figure out where to get molds or find out how to make them? I'd be interested in knowing this too.

3. • Anonymous 2 years, 11 months ago

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   • Hi. About Horn molds. You don't say how you use the horns or the molds, so it is hard to picture what you are talking about. Please take a look at my website: www.dominicanmasks.com , I use a mold made out of plaster. It is molded on a cow's horn. spectacular cow's horns are hard to come by. I remember going to a neighborhood butcher in the DR about 4 years ago to get horns . The guy took off on his moped and disappeared for about 15 minutes . He later showed up with about a half a dozen horns. Some of them still had maggots on them! He said he rode to the local dump.!!! To bring them through customs I washed and painted them and was able to get them in. I would not try that again. It is kind of risky. Plaster is the way to go. Good luck to you. Ivan, Dominicanmasks.com . Please take a look.

4. • sanssoucistudios 2 years, 9 months ago

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   • I wanted a mold for deer antlers, so I bought a set I liked on eBay and am going to have a rubber mold made from them. If ever I need anything a little wierd like that, I look on eBay. If I were braver I'd try making a mold from them myself using one of the many kits available from places like Dick Blick, but I just assume let someone who knows what they're doing do it for me! Campbell Plaster and Iron in Rutland, VT makes my molds for me. I did make a positive cast from the antlers so I would have something to play with as I work on my deer mask.

5. • Lost_Sage 2 years, 1 month ago

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   • This is an old post but my advice is to make your own molds out of tin foil.

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