Object 30
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Cotton leaf and flower vacuum-form mold, circa 1967
Item — Object: 30
Identifier: Mem_inv_567
Scope and Contents
Vacuum-form mold used to make cotton leaves for an exhibit, possibly around 1967. Vacuum forming involves heating a sheet of plastic to a forming temperature. The sheet is then forced against a mold using a machine vacuum which draws the hot pliable plastic sheets over the leaf plaster molds. This process picks up and transfers all the details of the leaf mold to the plastic sheet. After the sheet cools, each leaf is cut out and has a wire attached to it. Each leaf is then...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1967
