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Glori305 In reply to Teligress1988 [2012-09-04 18:42:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I blow the eggshell out first. Bake the clay, then put the egg in a large jar filled with white vinegar, put the lid on the jar and leave the egg in the jar for 48 hours. The eggshell will disolve, the membrane that lines the egg will not disolve.

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Teligress1988 In reply to Glori305 [2012-09-04 18:53:27 +0000 UTC]

there has to be an easier way to do get it to keep its shape... like maybe use a glass dish since its not getting to a high temp the glass wont be hurt

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Glori305 In reply to Teligress1988 [2012-09-04 19:58:05 +0000 UTC]

You can use glass to shape things over as well. Where your clay touches the glass it will have a shinny smooth spot.

You can also use the polyfil stuffing that is used for quilts. Or cardboard or paper folded to shape (Paper does not catch fire until over 400 degrees.) Aluminum foil is good too. And I often prop up thin parts on sculptures with a bed of cornstarch (some use baking soda as well) to give enough support to something so that is does not sag, as polymer clay softens in the oven while it cures.

But with a shape like these, if I used glass, I would have had to leave the glass in there, since there would be 3/4 of the object covered. And I mentioned the membrane in the egg not disolving because with things like my filagree egss [link] I am reaching in thru the tiny holes with tweezers to pull the membrane out, so the holes have to be big enough to get a tweezer through. I have done christmas ornaments in that style over glass balls, and just left the balls in.

DO NOT use styrofoam, it does put off toxic gasses at the tempratures that polymer clay bakes at.

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Teligress1988 In reply to Glori305 [2012-09-05 02:08:30 +0000 UTC]

if you get a shaped pyrex bowl and only over lay it with the bowl upside down and build on that so actually you dont have to leave the glass in it... i was also thinking of using stone like river rocks to achieve the shape then just pick it up right off the rock

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Glori305 In reply to Teligress1988 [2012-09-05 12:16:25 +0000 UTC]

A pyrex bowl would have been hard to find in egg size. Not to mention having to make the bottom of the cradle and the top canopy and them afixing them to each other.

And watch out for rocks, often then have enough texture to hold onto the clay, and you won't be able to get them off without breakage. And then if you put something on a rock wanting it to stick, it will come loose rocks are unpredictable unless they are polished rocks.

I have sculpted things over glass, this bowl [link] was made over a light bulb, one of the really big ones. LIght bulbs are a great source for bases, and if you are going to do a shape that will cover enough of the bulb to make it impossible to remove the bulb intact, you can break the bulb to get them out.

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Glori305 In reply to LovelyTwistofNature [2012-01-27 14:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, and thanks for the fav on them.

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Glori305 In reply to giusynuno [2012-01-25 21:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Glori305 In reply to bhudicae [2012-01-21 01:53:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and thanks for the fav's, and I gave half the soaps to my mother and she loved them.

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bhudicae In reply to Glori305 [2012-01-21 04:20:42 +0000 UTC]

oh I'm so glad!! I see my niece this weekend, and I'm so tempted to not wait for Valentine's Day and give her the Hot Pink tomorrow!!

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Glori305 In reply to 666Cookies [2012-01-20 18:47:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, been doing polymer clay for over 10 years now, and had this idea when my little guy was a baby, he is 8 years old now, so time and practice made the difference.

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