Health and Safety
Follow all health and safety procedures, making sure the client is fully covered up so no gelatine gets on to the clients clothing.
You must always do a check on the clients arm with a blob of the gelatine to make sure it is not too hot or it will actually burn the skin and also check it on your own skin too. To remove the gelatine you can just pick it off and it will come off in one piece and then was the skin to remove any little bits and any make up on the skin. Always clean out bowls and remove all the product out the bowl too by scraping it out and putting it in the bin.
There is no need for barrier cream on the skin.
Always keep the clients eyes closed when working around that area - the smell can be overpowering on the eye so keep them closed.
Always work in a well ventilated room so the smells can remove them self from some where and don't linger,
Always check with the client they are alright, with applying the gelatine and using the hair dryer in the clients face - always check they are ok.
What I Used
- Charles Fox Sculpting tool
- Cleanser, toner
- Sponges
- Bowls
- Gelatine
- Hair dryer
- Supra colours
- Witch hazel
- Cotton buds
- Make up brushes
- Loose powder
- Spatulas
- Couch roll and a cover
- Bruise and cuts wheels from Kryolan
- Fake blood in liquid and jelly form (wound filler)
- Hairpins
- Fake puss
- Vaseline
What I Did
1. I made sure there was nothing left on the skin before I applied the gelatine so i know it will definitely stick to the skin
2. I then got a bit of gelatine and warmed it up in the microwave so it was all melted and didn't ever melt it or it will dry out
3. Once I checked with the client that the gelatine wasn't too hot I applied it with a sculpting tool on to the skin like a warm wax, stroking it on and the patting it so it lifted to give it the wrinkled skin effect
4. When I was happy with how it looked and I didn't have any hard edges I then got the hair dryer on a cool air and dried the gelatine
5. It still stays really sticky but it doesn't move on the skin,so get the colours to stick you need to apply the loose power all over the gelatine
6. I used my make up brushes and fingers to apply a red colour over the whole burn to give the redness
7. Once I was happy with the colouring on the burn, I got a small brush with red Supra colour and went in to some of the lifts in the gelatine to make it look sore and the skin look sort of flappy
8. I added puss in to some of the areas to make it look infected and gory, when I looked in the mirror at the burn it needed something else so I got the sponge and stippled a little black on to it to make the skin look as if it had got burnt in a fire and it had got burnt like meat does
9. Over the whole thing I dabbed on Vaseline on the burn as burns are wet to look at and shiny
10. Once I was happy I double checked in the mirror how it looked and I thought it looked good for a first attempt
In the last picture I used the blobs of gelatine on the hand, which I tested on the client to see if it was too hot, to make a blister. I stuck a grip in the gelatine to give it hole and swept a little red over it go make it look sore. I then got some puss on my finger and dabbed it on making it look all infected and gross. I think it looked really cool and realistic!
There are different types of burns which I have wrote about in the research blog post, but to make them more realistic when you are re creating them you can add all sorts of different things in to them like mud, puss, glass and flappy skin and blisters. Burns are on top of the skin but they come from underneath the skin too and creating a look where it looked under the skin is hard, its better to use less make up or even wipe off some of the make up you have applied to make it look more realistic.
When making a fake burn you need to think of how it was burnt, what shape is the burn, was there anything rubbed in to or around the burn that could have got in to it and at what healing time is the burn at too.
Reflection
I feel I didn't okay at this today, it was my first time using gelatine and creating burns. I really liked how we can use a lot of different products in class to get us used to creating the different kinds of burns too.
I think it was difficult tot make it look realistic without going over the top on the make up and the redness of the burn. Using the different products was good but I just didn't want to over do it.
I liked how my gelatine came out on the skin though it was very wrinked and lifted in areas which gave it such a nice effect, I was really pleased with that!
If I was to do this again I would try a different kind of burn, I would definitely do more research into burns and look at colouring and effectiveness of a burn on the skin so I have a better understanding on how they should actually look to the human eye.
Overall, I really enjoyed it just as I am enjoying creating all the other things that we do in this lesson, I really want to have more practice sessions with a tutor though or have more classes in the practical rooms with a tutor so we have guidance and longer to create something on each other. I think this would benefit me and other people as I feel for a first time thing we need extra time and the lesson we had today we had to rush a little or we would have ran out of time before swapping over. But I did really enjoy creating burns today!
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