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Published: 2012-05-24 15:52:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1061; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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pencil drawing for my Herbarium Intermundia project.Graphite on cartridge paper (color adjusted digitally)
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Oh this is wonderful- have you ever seen my Autumn Faerie figure? I love this idea for the wings....and it happens to be my very favorite time of the year!
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oooh, yes, I remember - the one with the oak leaf wings - she's lovely
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Thank you! 
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I think the delicate details would be beyond my skills, though I had wondered about having a go at making the Moss Maiden. That said, my troll has suffered a few traumas in the last couple of days and I'm feeling far less confident about the whole thing. Getting the baking time right to completely cure all the clay is proving much trickier than I thought.
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Just use natural inclusions as I did for my Autumn Faerie's wings- those are real oak leaves preserved in glycerin. Pieces like this look better for using real natural found items any way. Use real roots or sticks and make little leaves from fabric or find artificial ones. You could definitely make your Moss Maiden as well!
As to baking times- what clay are you using? I find that lower temperatures for slightly longer times is the key in most cases. You may be trying to bake too large of a chunk of clay as well with too fine and small details on that piece which might be causing the small bits to burn while the thicker buts are not baking all the way through- the answer to that is stage baking. Also, before you bake a piece, try putting it in the fridge for a bit to get really cold and then put it in a preheated oven and bake it them- the fast temp change tends to temper the clay like one tempers steel... But again, it may have more to do with brand you are using or type of clay... I might be able to help you... What happened to the troll?
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I'm using Super Sculpey. I guess I'm not used to planning the sculpt in stages and just rushed ahead with it. It's hard to slow myself down when I feel as if I'm on a roll 
I'd actally got so far as to add the body fabric when a bit of the shoulder broke off (over zealous stuffing on my part 
If I have another disaster and have to do repairs is there a way of protecting the thinner bits when it's in the oven?
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You can actually cover the smaller bits batting or something else that won't be affected by the heat- not foil as that will make it hotter- but if you have any Transparent Liquid Sculpey and Clay thinner, I make a thinned down slurry of it ans will use a paint brush to coat smaller bits like that with a layer of the slurry and it bakes on the small bits while also protecting them from further over-cooking... Just remember from now on to do the larger bits first and bake them PART of the way, then take it out, let it cool, and add the smaller bits, then coat the previously baked bits with that slurry by painting it on- you can even dab it on with ends of your paint brush bristle and achieve a skin texture which is very nice- and bake the whole thing again at a somewhat lower temperature for a slightly longer time. That's how I do it and it keeps the smaller bits from discoloring. Even if those small bits don't look burnt, they can sometimes become very brittle and will break very easily thereafter for having been over-baked...
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Thanks for all your help Kevin. If I'm brave enough to try another sculpt after this one I'll follow your advice.
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Glad to help hon!
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