How To Carve Polymer Clay

You can use your normal baking oven or even a small toaster oven if you have it.
How to carve polymer clay. Oven Youll need an oven to bake the polymer clay. A fascinating documentary film showing how British artist Victoria Ellis carves a fine bas relief figurative clay mural. All your resistance to carving polymer will vanish once you thumb through Page McNalls latest examples of her work and pictures of her tools.
Begin sanding with 300-400 grit sandpaper and go over the entire surface of the clay. Carving into baked polymer clay is most often done with gouges mini-gouges too though other tools needles etc can be used. The rough design is lightly scratched into a smooth 38 thick sheet of raw polymer clay.
Large areas are defined by pressing or cutting excess clay away from the design. Some people like to place the clay in a ziploc bag and then submerge the bag in hot tap water. Sculpting begins and some of the finer details are added.
Nov 12 2016 - Explore Katherine Smiths board Clay Sculpture Carving followed by 4056 people on Pinterest. Do not use a microwave oven for polymer clay. I just jumped in and went for it but there is lots of great information about carving.
When carving clay consider the first lines incised into the clay to be the skeleton of your design. Many clayers report excellent results by adding in small amounts of Fimo Mix Quick Sculpey Mold Maker or a very soft translucent polymer clay. Try placing the package of clay in your pocket for 30 minutes or so.
The film covers the entire process. Begin by laying down directional lines that define the motion and flow of the pattern then flush out the drawing by working back from the tip of each spiral 2. See more ideas about clay clay sculpture polymer clay art.