How To Carve Polymer Clay
A fascinating documentary film showing how British artist Victoria Ellis carves a fine bas relief figurative clay mural.
How to carve polymer clay. See more ideas about clay clay sculpture polymer clay art. Many clayers report excellent results by adding in small amounts of Fimo Mix Quick Sculpey Mold Maker or a very soft translucent polymer clay. When carving clay consider the first lines incised into the clay to be the skeleton of your design.
Large areas are defined by pressing or cutting excess clay away from the design. Nov 12 2016 - Explore Katherine Smiths board Clay Sculpture Carving followed by 4056 people on Pinterest. The film covers the entire process.
Try placing the package of clay in your pocket for 30 minutes or so. All your resistance to carving polymer will vanish once you thumb through Page McNalls latest examples of her work and pictures of her tools. You can use your normal baking oven or even a small toaster oven if you have it.
Do not use a microwave oven for polymer clay. I just jumped in and went for it but there is lots of great information about carving. Btw though dont use certain lines of polymer clay if you want to carve after baking since theyll be more brittle after baking and wont carve as smoothly.
Polymer clay can also be softened by mixing in a few drops of mineral oil or liquid clay. Sculpting begins and some of the finer details are added. Carving into baked polymer clay is most often done with gouges mini-gouges too though other tools needles etc can be used.
The rough design is lightly scratched into a smooth 38 thick sheet of raw polymer clay. Carving tools and tricks. Page shows how she often makes silicone molds of her carvings which simplifies creating subsequent similar pieces.