Quick question about Sculpey...I've used it and other polymer clays in the past, but it's been many many years and I wasn't trying to sculpt very seriously. But now I'm thinking about getting into it more earnestly to make some 1:6 scale heads. I dug out some older stuff that I still had, granted this stuff hasn't been literally touched in years and it could be past its usable date...but I'm wondering how easy it is to set aside a head and come back to it.
By that I mean, Sculpey even right out of a brand new package has this whole ritual you have to go through to get to a workable state, you're running it through a pasta roller or rolling it in your hands for hours and hours to get to a pliable state. So do you run into issues after not touching a head for a week or two where it isn't as easy to modify because it's set back up somewhat? If so do you have to 'rejuvenate' the Sculpey again in a manner that doesn't destroy the portrait...maybe some light, gentle heat from a hair dryer or some such?
Seeing that you work with Sculpey is very encouraging, as I was afraid all serious sculptors stuck with clay. Since I have experience working with Sculpey I was leaning more towards it.
I can only answer 2 of these questions.
1. Aves Epoxy is the brand that you would search. It's a binary 1-to-1 putty.
2. I don't know
3. I don't know
4. You can create a clear statue by casting your sculpture in translucent resin. You would have to make a mold of your statue, and then make a translucent copy.
2. About Sculpy, lets say you made it into a final form that you like, you then oven it. What temp and duration do you set it at? Does it depends on the brand of sculpty you use? And you can simply place it in the cooking oven in the kitchen or a specialize oven with vents, etc.?
3. With sculpty, after you oven it, how do you make a mold from it, for casting more and more? You use a softer material to make a mold or same sculpty? I took a ceramic class a long time ago. We use a hardened clay mold and poured a liquid mixture into it and let it hardened. Then we place it into a oven/furnace for a specific time to harden, then we paint it. Its a coffee mug that I did. But I want to make and cast polystone statue in hugh 1/4 scale about 19-24 inches high. How does manufacture like SSC cast statues over n over?
Thanks for your respond red4
Searched ebay for Aves Epoxy and got nothin. Did Aves Epoxy sculpt and got 3 from England? Damn
And the translucent resin, you heat it and pour into a mold? I wonder how good it is. Does it discolor over time.
I'll buy some and experiment soon.
One thing to be very careful about is that casting resin copies is tricky. They often have bubbles, so the professionals put them in vacuum chambers to force the bubbles out. I don't have this equipment, so I have to resort to making multiple casts until I get acceptable results.
Another thing you might be interested to know is that Aves Epoxy can be reinvigorated with water, rather than oils and solvents. But once it cures completely, water won't work.
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