Death Mask Dome

We had the idea of the snowglobe as a new kind of urn, using ashes to make the dome, but then we moved on to the death mask in the dome idea. The photos on the previous posts show the process we went through to make a life cast of May.
We couldn't get hold of any human ashes, not surpisingly, so we used ashes from a fire and incorporated them into the plaster of the life cast.

This made the cast come out a grey colour. We also placed some hair into the cast but this didn't really work as of course you can't see the hair when it is embedded in the cast.

Once we had made the mask and put it in the dome, we started thinking, 'What would we need the dome for?' other than for an interesting display purpose, and would we need to have the 'snow' effect inside the dome.

I think it makes quite an unusual 'new age urn' but I'm not sure if I would want a death mask of my loved one on my shelves.

I'm trying out a clear cast so that you can see the hair inside it. Look on next post, if I've managed to get it to work.