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Does anyone have experience using push molds and polymer clay? I bought a set of molds off of a lady on Ebay to make dinner plates that I can paint for my dollhouse. They are made of some type of purple molding compound. I think it's this stuff by the looks of it from this website. I've tried baking in the molds, using cornstarch and not baking and refrigerating the clay. Baking in the mold works, but is really time consuming since I only have one mold. The other methods are not working. The clay will not hold shape to allow me time to bake it and work with it, it's too soft. I'm using plain old sculpey clay which may be my problem. I have Fimo on the way, that may work better. Does anyone have any tips or tricks?
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From the album: Amylynn's Polymer Clay Food
This is a Boule or a peasant bread I made out of polymer clay.- 6 comments
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From the album: Works in Progress
New techniques in felting and antler creation AND new glass eyes make these mounts much fancier than version one.© PorcelainPoppy 2013
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From the album: Works in Progress
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Loving the addition of the glass eyes. Having second thoughts about these particular antlers. May have to redo them due to bubbling in the polymer clay.© PorcelainPoppy 2013
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From the album: Works in Progress
Loving the addition of the glass eyes. Having second thoughts about these particular antlers. May have to redo them due to bubbling in the polymer clay.© PorcelainPoppy 2013
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From the album: Works in Progress
New techniques in felting and antler creation AND new glass eyes make these mounts much fancier than version one.© PorcelainPoppy 2013
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From the album: Works in Progress
Made these little animal skulls for a curio cabinet today. Still refining the process.© porcelainpoppy2013
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The bear put together. Still need to add some tiny claws.© porcelainpoppy2013
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From the album: Works in Progress
Headless bear skin rug. The head is sculpted polymer clay; baked and painted. The body is combination needle|wet felted.© porcelainpoppy2013
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From the album: PorcelainPoppy @ Etsy
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From the album: PorcelainPoppy @ Etsy
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From the album: Scenes & Other Minis
1/12th scale hanmade gingerbread house (the 2012 series) 1/4th scale hanmade gingerbread house (the 2013 series) Available in my Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/KyleLefort© Kyle Lefort 2013
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From the album: Scenes & Other Minis
1/4th scale hanmade gingerbread house (the 2013 series) Available in my Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/KyleLefort© Kyle Lefort 2013
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From the album: Food
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Okay, so today I felt REALLY brave and I just grabbed my polymer clay, Sculpey mold and let rip.... What a frustrating exercise! Thick hands and wrists, too thin arms and legs and the head (after 6 tries) kept on messing me around: every time I tried to do the one ear, I'd mess up the other one. And the dear ears look too big for the head, I had to slice and dice to make them more manageable. I'm also not entirely sure she is small enough - next to the Melissa & Doug Victorian dollhouse doll she looks a bit bigger. But here she is, Miss Modesty (for want of a better name): I haven't baked her yet, I'm not sure what pose I want her to maintain. I have to think of what kind of clothing she'll be wearing and how to get her into them. She is joined together with double twisted chenille stems wrapped in florists tape. The leg joint is folded according to the pose. The arm join has a little L-bend in it. So, I have some questions for you dollmaking experts: Do I pull apart her arms and legs and bake them separately, then reattach? How do I make the clay joins look nice after this procedure? OR Do I maintain a full-body pose I like and bake her like that, then fit/glue clothes around it? If I do bake her in full pose, on what do I position her in the toaster oven? Her limbs are very floppy. I have a new-found respect for all the doll-makers - I had Casey's blog open for inspiration and James Carrington's book and it ONLY took me 4 hours to make the whole doll (while muttering ominously under my breath the whole time)!!!!!
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I finally got my hands on a cheap toaster oven (2nd hand) last night, so today I gathered all my clay, tools and chalks and decided to take the plunge with Angie Scarr's "MakingMiniature Food and Market Stalls". I didn't manage to get all the exact colours she specifies, so had to do some creative mixing to get similar shades. I decided to try some basic baguettes and had a little ball left over that I made into a plain loaf. I used some artist chalks to get better colouring on the pieces and went a tad overboard on the loaf, so now it is "a bit burnt" The toaster oven is just busy getting to the correct temperature, then my little breads can go in the oven - I am so nervous! How many of you have made food from Angie's books? I found her tutorial to be very simple to follow, so I'm keeping fingers crossed that everything comes out okay.
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I have some family coming over for Easter weekend and I thought I would have a craft project for the kids to do. I was thinking about having them make mini Easter Items. I've been looking online and found some ideas, but I thought I would post on this forum and see what suggestions you have. I think we will have kids from 8 to adult doing these projects. Usually us girls sit around the dining room table doing crafts, eating chocolate, drink Coke, and chatting. We call it the four C's. Thanks in advance!