potmaking

[Ordphien]

That's very cool.
Instead of paint have you considered gilding?
The gilding kits are easy to use and the results can be just stunning

[Suri85]

Wow!

I don't know anything about pot making/ ceramic/pottery, but how about making it into natural unglazed white?

[Vanda lover]

Thank you! That explains why I am having problems. I have the original Sculptey and you are right about it crumbling. I am trying to sculpt realistic hummingbirds and I don't like this clay. I have worked with Fimo before and I like it much better and it is one of the more available brands.I have never seen Cernit here. I'm not sure about Kato or Pardo. I will have to look around. We are quite some distance from a craft store so I bought my last clay on ebay.

[HenrikAndersson]

Im using fimo for potmaking. I bought sculpey - white one time and tryed. Bit it breaks jist by looking at it. But it worked to blend those two, but then i use fimo to create at body, den fire it and put the blended clay outside the fimo pot.

I will keep using fimo for ever!

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by HenrikAndersson

Im using fimo for potmaking. I bought sculpey - white one time and tryed. Bit it breaks jist by looking at it. But it worked to blend those two, but then i use fimo to create at body, den fire it and put the blended clay outside the fimo pot.

I will keep using fimo for ever!

That's what I am thinking. It looks like we will need to take a trip to the big city to get some, unless our tiny art supply store can order it for me.

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Does it matter which Fimo you use? I notice that the main one available seems to be soft Fimo. Is the Pro type better?

[tryingtoflower]

Wow! That is the coolest thing ever.

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by Vanda lover

That's what I am thinking. It looks like we will need to take a trip to the big city to get some, unless our tiny art supply store can order it for me.

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Does it matter which Fimo you use? I notice that the main one available seems to be soft Fimo. Is the Pro type better?

Fimo soft doesn't bake quite as firm.
But the main difference is that Fimo soft is easier to condition before working.

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

Fimo soft doesn't bake quite as firm.
But the main difference is that Fimo soft is easier to condition before working.

I just wondered if the Fimo soft can hold as much detail as the firmer type. The sculpty I was using is too soft and won't even allow me to sculpt anything that sticks out. There is no way that I could do claws like the ones on that dragon for instance.

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by Vanda lover

I just wondered if the Fimo soft can hold as much detail as the firmer type. The sculpty I was using is too soft and won't even allow me to sculpt anything that sticks out. There is no way that I could do claws like the ones on that dragon for instance.

I haven't used too much Fimo soft...
But the few times I have I didn't notice much loss of detail.
A little resting time after conditioning usually chills it up enough for me to work in details.
I know how you feel about the sculpey.
I use it in my mushrooms, since only they make glow in my area.
And it makes everything impossible to work with.

[Vanda lover]

I am trying to sculpt hummingbirds to look as real as possible and the sculpty makes the feathers droop over. The Fimo should work much better.