Object 32
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Mango leaves vacuum-form mold, circa 1950s-1970s
Item — Object: 32
Identifier: Mem_inv_0603
Scope and Contents
Vacuum-form mold used to make mango leaves for an exhibit, possibly between the 1950s and the 1970s. 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...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1950s-1970s
