Sculpting clay to create our mould

Now we all know what wounds we have each been allocated and have begun our independent research, we brought our kit into class and were told to begin moulding with the wooden tools for sculpting and our clay. I took my flat, square piece of plastic as a tray to mould the clay onto and cut away a small chunk of clay. As the clay was rock solid I warmed it up in my hands to soften it and make it easier to mould. I took my rolling pin style wooden tool and used it to flatten the lump of clay and began turning it into a circular shape to mimic the shape the bullet wound piece would need to be. As I had done a bit of research I knew I wanted to create quite a piece and clean hole as my gunshot wound was going to be an entrance hole, I also new it needed to be 9mm to match that of an automatic 9mm gun that I decided had been used to shoot my model for my assessment. I used a ruler to measure 9mm across and then a pointed wooden tool to dig out the hole.  Once I was pleased with the size and shape of the hole I took a tool with a metal end and used it to perfect the hole and also the shave done the top of the wound, taking tiny scrapings at a time to blend the edges so they appear to have no edges and blend smoothly onto the plastic, to ensure that they will blend as smoothly onto the skin as possibe. Here are some images of my first go at moulding my clay bullet wound.