You have to like a group with a name like that. I came across them because of an article on the snow sculpture they do. It’s interesting that they use a polymer clay model to plan their three ton snow sculptures ahead of time.
Archive for January, 2008
Kilted Snow Weasels
Friday, January 25th, 2008More Polymer Clay Blogs
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008A few more blogs to check out:
Polymer Clay Daily – I know I’ve mentioned this before but its the place to go if you want to see what other artists are up to. For example, this recent post highlighted an artist I hadn’t come across before.
Polymer Clay Notes – I have no idea how she finds time to blog so prolifically but it’s well worth stopping by. Artists, inspiration and more… Check out this post featuring an artist who does micro mosaics – not clay but it could be.
Polymer Clay Review – Polymer clay related product and book reviews. Looks like there’s another kind of transfer paper that I hadn’t seen before.
Studio by Sculpey site
Monday, January 21st, 2008Studio by Sculpey has its own website if you want to check it out. It looks like most of the information is Coming Soon though.
Studio by Sculpey
Sunday, January 20th, 2008I am still alive.. I’ve just been busy with work and too tired to touch the computer when I got home.
I picked up some of the new Studio by Sculpey clay this weekend. I haven’t done much with it yet but it looks interesting. Someone (sorry I don’t remember which blog) did a review recently and compared it to a combination between Premo and Ultra Light and I agree.
It’s softer than Premo and not as sticky with that cool sort of suede feel that Ultra Light has. But it’s not as marshmallowy as the Ultralight. I’m not sure how it would be for sculpting but I think it should work well for making pulls from molds, extruding etc. The colors are really nice for using straight from the package, much more complex and subtle colors but I’m not sure you’d have your whole palette for mixing. I really like the denim and the butter cream and the teal and…
I did try making a quick gingko leaf to try out the leaf cutter and veiner and I used it for some destructive testing. It was a #3 thickness on the Atlas pasta machine and then veins were impressed so parts of the leaf were really thin. You definitely don’t have to worry about brittleness – I threw it down as hard as I could on the floor with no problems. It’s tough and flexible – we bent it almost completely back on itself before it broke on one of the veins. I was able to tear the clay easier than breaking it by bending but I don’t think that’s much of a problem. It’s the flexing and bending that usually do you in.
Should be fun to play with anyway.
Ooops…
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008If anyone happened to notice that my site was down for a couple days, that’s because my domain registration expired. I don’t think they notified me at all because I didn’t get anything about it, either snail or email but it’s possible I missed it. Anyway, everythings all set now that they got my money. I’m just fortunate that no one wanted my domain name.
Really old work – Image transfer pins
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
I made these in the first couple years that I found polymer clay. This first transfer started as a black and white laser printout of the image. It was colored with pencils and then coated with a layer of TLS. After baking, the paper was peeled off and the transfer was placed onto a base of white clay. The transfer was given a frame which was touched up with Pearlex powder. It was then re-baked again and Futured.
These transfers were similar but the backing had gold or silver leaf. You can see what a different effect it gives.
This last image shows one of my very first transfers – photocopy and colored pencils on Sculpey III white clay. Most of my SculpeyIII pieces have since suffered damage so I can testify to it’s brittleness. The opaque clay gives quite a different look than the TLS.