Concrete Statue Beaver - Part 2 - Making a fiberglass shell and the first duplicated statue

The latex rubber mold for a statue will need support to hold its shape from wet concrete. Sand in a box or bucket is a cheap method, but sand is time consuming and unpredictable for retaining the full figure. The best and preferred method is to build a fiberglass shell, a mother-mold that will allow the concrete to set in the latex and cure. This is the second video in the 2-part series on a complete duplication of a statue.

Watching how to duplicate and make a garden statue mold will teach you the steps to this amazing project. Concrete garden statues and other art, whether animals, gnomes, or other figurines, enhances the garden, patio, or yard, it lasts forever, and it also makes an ideal gift. This is a 2-part video, guiding you from start to finish on duplicating a statue. The first walks through the preparation and latex mold process, with the second part showing how to make the fiberglass mother mold with the end result of a beautiful garden statue.

In addition, Andy highly recommends looking at the 3-part series from his video library for how to deal with seams and other challenges, too.

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Focus Questions: How does one make a fiberglass mother mold for a latex rubber mold to create a concrete statue?