" And what is in those plaster molds? " dad asked.

“这些熟石灰模子里是什么东西？”爸爸问。

The second step is to take a plaster mold of the clay model.

第二步是制作石膏模。

Once the metal has cooled and solidified, the plaster mold is broken and the metal models are removed.

一旦金属冷却和凝固，石膏模型就会被打破，金属模型就会被移除。

First, the liquid clay is poured into plaster molds.

首先， 将液体粘土倒入石膏模具中。

Think of it as making plaster molds of parts of the head: we call these molds antibodies.

把它想象成制作头部部分的石膏模型：我们称这些模型为抗体。

The process is more complicated than that, but this gives a general idea of the casting process and shows us how Rodin could produce dozens of originals from one plaster mold.

这个过程比那要复杂得多，但这让我们对铸造过程有了一个大致的了解，并向我们展示了罗丹是如何从一个石膏模型中制作出几十份原件的。