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What Kind of Clay?

Posted on December 9, 2020 by admin

I have been asked about what kind of clay I use for my original clay sculptures. I only use one type and it is a water-based clay and is perfect for latex coating. It is called WED clay… here is its promo. “Originally developed for use in sculpting Disney’s animatronics models, WED (Walter E. Disney)…

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The Corbel: Part IV

Posted on December 7, 2020 by admin

So I cleaned up my little gargoyle corbel…. my  “gorbel” as it will now officially be called, and then poured another. Can’t have a long shelf without something holding up both ends now, can we? I started a little acrylic paint wash on the guy trying to get him to look a bit old-ish, bronze-ish,…

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Part III: The Corbel

Posted on December 5, 2020 by admin

Ok, we are ready to pour a corbel! You can see above I have my latex mold back inside my mothermold and have secured the two halves of the mothermold with a piece of rope. To help with the release of our poured piece from the latex part we use a mixture of regular alcohol…

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Update: Part II The Corbel

Posted on December 4, 2020 by admin

So I left off here above with half the mothermold, with intake registration holes, that was poured around half my latex covered corbel and was ready to form up second half of the mothermold.   Here I have build the form for the second side of the mothermold. Before pouring I will coat all of…

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What? A Blog… No Way

Posted on December 2, 2020 by admin

Yep, guess it’s time to pick up the pace here at the little stray artist shop and begin a bit of a “blog”. Let’s see… Been working on a corbel. Sculpted one out of WED clay first… He is a little gargoyle-ish creature standing on the corbel scroll base holding up what will eventually be…

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