Hello everyone!
It's a late night but I can't stop being happy about our blog and about how helpful people are in our community. This post will be dedicated to moulds as our lovely Jean Daniels had kindly shared some lovely tips and techniques with us in our blog galleries. So let's start talking about moulds and share our knowledge (in comment section) about moulding, moulding materials, cheeper options and amazing examples.
Jean says:
"When shopping in a craft store, I occasionally go into the cake department. I bought a rolling pin once with a swirl designs which works perfectly for texturing polymer clay. This time I bought a flexible mold meant for making fondants for cakes. It has two long designs on the right side, flowers, leaves and swirls. The swirls I used to make a frame."
Thank you very much Jean fro your great help and as for others - please participate in comment disscussion and share your wonderful tips about moulding tips and tricks!
Thank you xxx
When I do my moulds ( for some elements like keys, wings and other stuff) - I use Suliflex moulding putti that is made from two components - blue and yellow. When you mix it - it is soft as a chewing gum ( but doesn't stick to your hands) and you have about 1 minute to create a proper good mould for yourself. After that this material is loosing flexibility and gets hard. You need about 20 minutes for it to harden properly and then it becomes hard but flexible and you can use it to make polymer clay moulds and even bake in it!
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I discovered an inexpensive way to make molds using 100% Silicone Sealant and Cornstarch...mix the two as making biscuits...you will know when the caulk absorbs the cornstarch...the consistancy of biscuits dough...place what you want to mold into it forming it around the object..flush with top...sets in about 15 minutes..molds are flexible like the pricey stuff...lasts ..I have some that are over a year old...still using them...about 6 bucks for ingredients~!~
ReplyDeleteWhat is Silicone Sealant? Is it available on Ebay?
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