Woodman Casting X Liz Ocean [2021] < 2027 >

Models are cast not in sterile studios, but on a tidal flat at dawn. Liz guides them through breathwork and slow, submerged movements. Woodman’s team pours industrial-grade alginate and plaster directly onto skin slick with seawater. The resulting molds capture not just anatomy, but the imprint of a shiver, a held breath, a wave’s sudden slap.

Once dried, the casts are returned to the intertidal zone. Liz choreographs a ritual reclamation: kelp draped over a plaster torso, barnacles colonizing a cast hand, salt crystals blooming inside a hollow ribcage. Over weeks, the ocean etches each piece—softening edges, adding patina, choosing what remains. woodman casting x liz ocean

As Liz Ocean says: “We think we own our shape. The water knows we only borrow it.” Models are cast not in sterile studios, but