Mold making and Casting products through EnvironMolds, LLC

Latex rubber is being used just about everywhere. This natural ingredient derived mainly from rubber trees is used for making balloons, chewing gums, gloves, band-aids, catheters, condoms, swimming caps, sporting goods, mattresses and skin tight clothing, to name a few. Now even synthetic versions of latex are being developed and used mostly in the tires and components industry.

Latex rubber plays a special role inthe art world. Liquid latex is made by combining latex with water and a bit of ammonia and enjoys great usage in mask making and special effects makeup (like natural looking wrinkles, scars and gashes).

Latex has a natural ability to shrink around any object and can therefore capture the finest details with great ease. This proves especially useful in reproducing anything by way of casts and molds. It works as a wonderful adhesive too.
Other things that work in favor of liquid latex is that it is durable, long lasting and one of the least expensive mold making materials. Therefore it is very commonly used for making latex molds for casting plaster, polyester resin or urethane parts. Thin skin latex products like masks and other props can be very effectively and easily made with liquid latex. The masks capture a realistic look and latex paints can be used to make them all the more believable.

In sum, latex rubber is a very versatile and useful product for artists and well as other industries!

And viola! Now no one can even say that a leg has been replaced from the lovely table!

The ArtMolds website is renowned for providing access to an exhaustive range of mold making, casting and life casting products, supplies and equipment along with useful books, videos and workshops on everything to do with clay modeling, mold making and life casting.

To further expand its utility, the website has recently revamped its look and added a useful Teachers Section as well. This is especially useful for Visual Arts teachers and consists of the following sections:

• The Lesson Plans section comprises of national standards based lesson plans that facilitate cross-curriculum learning by enabling teachers to combine art with other subjects like history, science, technology and social studies. It includes fun projects on encapsulation and preservation, paleontology, wizardry, Punk’d art and much more.
•  There is a Students Kits section that provides school kits containing all the materials for a lesson plan and can easily suffice for up to 25 students.

• A specially dedicated Teacher Discounts section offers an attractive 15% discount on the website prices. Teachers can even call EnvironMolds to seek assistance with their project ideas or lesson plans.

• An interesting section on Project Ideas is in the works and will be active very soon. It will provide interesting ideas for clay modeling, casting and life casting that can be done by students in the classroom itself.

Quite useful, isn’t it!

I have always admired the EnvironMolds website for both its ease of access as well as the humungous catalogue of art supplies. Indeed, the website provides you everything from mold making supplies, casting supplies and life casting kits to studio accessories, tools and equipment to varied books and videos on life casting.

Say you happen to be looking for polyurethanes; you will find a variety of offerings of both polyurethane rubbers and polyurethane resins on the EnvironMolds website. The products on offer include both the in-house brand ArtMolds as well as other leading brands in the market like Mehron, Chavant, Sculpture House and Skulduggery to name a few. ArtMolds offers a range of user safe, environment friendly and biodegradable products, so you need not worry about harming yourself, your model or the environment around you.

Again, when it comes to polyurethanes, you will gain access to information about the benefits of using mold making polyurethane rubber, the properties of polyurethane molds and other such details. Similarly, the casting polyurethane resin section provides information about the different varieties of resins available and their specific properties.

You just have to click on any of the items in the product list displayed at the bottom and it will give you further details about the specific product, its uses and directions for use. Product pictures and reviews are also included for additional assistance. You get access to the price of the product and can directly add it to your cart before browsing other items as you wish.

An easy and satisfying experience indeed!

I was placing my regular order of mold making and casting products and supplies on the EnvironMolds website. It was only after my credit card had been charged that I realized that I had mistakenly ordered 4 gallons of EnvironMolds liquid latex casting rubber.

As I mostly make life casts and am not interested in making masks or props, the huge quantity of liquid latex rubber was a total waste for me. So I immediately contacted the EnvironMolds’ customer service department with the trepidation that I had carelessly frittered away my money.

But the EnvironMolds personnel were quite agreeable to my mistake and agreed to facilitate an

I was assured that if at any time in the future I am not completely satisfied with the quality of any products purchased from EnvironMolds, I will always be entitled to a full replacement or refund, save the shipping costs.
exchange. They asked me to return the product along with either the original packing slip or a copy of the invoice and also a note detailing the reason for the return. I would be entitled to an exchange or credit after deducting a 20% restocking charge for the order error. I had to bear the cost of shipping and return shipping as well. But I was relieved that I was not stuck with the huge expense and exchanged it for my usual supplies like alginate, plaster bandages and release agents.

EnvironMolds is renowned around the world as a prominent manufacturer and supplier of top quality mold making and casting materials. In fact, the brand ArtMolds has become synonymous with studio quality products that are both user and environment safe and give excellent results as well.

But not many people may be aware that the man behind EnvironMolds, Ed McCormick is a celebrated life casting artist himself. And such is his dedication and enthusiasm for this art that he strives to spread it to everyone around him. Therefore, he does not confine EnvironMolds to just selling mold making and casting materials but also conducts educational workshops on a regular basis.

Ed McCormick himself helms many of these workshops and does not even hesitate to reveal his secret tricks and tips than help you in your own studio. Every participant comes away from the workshop with loads of practical knowledge. No book or even video can ever compete with this kind of immersive and educative hands-on experience!



These workshops are available on a variety of subjects like mold making, clay modeling, faux food making, finishing, life casting and so on. Many workshops are even conducted on weekends to add to your convenience. If you do not find a convenient timing or your subject of interest like say, how to make molds, you can always contact EnvironMolds and they will do their best to accommodate your requirements and provide a workshop to suit your needs.

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