#HopTipTuesday
When I work on an unbaked pendant I put it on an acrylic block
When I work on a baked pendant I put raw clay on the acrylic block then put the baked pendant on the raw clay to work on it
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Making Tools
Making Tools
I decided to make clay tools, I looked around and didn't find much, then I remembered my box of needles in my sewing kit, one curved needle for making lines in clay, one double needle to make button holes, I made two long needles, one is triangle shaped, I can't wait to see what it can do or what I can do with it! The other tools I will use to create texture.
All but one tool were sewing needles, all of those I put wire through the eye and twisted it a few times so it can't slip out of the baked clay, I used scrap wire, different gauges, it doesn't matter what gauge you use, they will all grab the clay. The one with many needles are glass head pins, I thought they were ideal because they won't slip out but it was hard to put them the way I wanted., now I will look for pins with a flat top, that should be better. When I made the double needles to make buttonholes I put a small piece of 20 gauge wire in between the two needles, that was enough to keep the space between the two needles to make buttonholes, The T-pins are good because you don't have to put wire or anything else, it can't slide out, usually you can get then from your dry cleaners, they pin your clothes to the paper on the hangers. I covered it with UV resin to keep it clean, I made a tool years ago that discolored from the oils and dirt on my hands from working with clay. Here is the resin I used, I applied it with a brush
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I decided to make clay tools, I looked around and didn't find much, then I remembered my box of needles in my sewing kit, one curved needle for making lines in clay, one double needle to make button holes, I made two long needles, one is triangle shaped, I can't wait to see what it can do or what I can do with it! The other tools I will use to create texture.
All but one tool were sewing needles, all of those I put wire through the eye and twisted it a few times so it can't slip out of the baked clay, I used scrap wire, different gauges, it doesn't matter what gauge you use, they will all grab the clay. The one with many needles are glass head pins, I thought they were ideal because they won't slip out but it was hard to put them the way I wanted., now I will look for pins with a flat top, that should be better. When I made the double needles to make buttonholes I put a small piece of 20 gauge wire in between the two needles, that was enough to keep the space between the two needles to make buttonholes, The T-pins are good because you don't have to put wire or anything else, it can't slide out, usually you can get then from your dry cleaners, they pin your clothes to the paper on the hangers. I covered it with UV resin to keep it clean, I made a tool years ago that discolored from the oils and dirt on my hands from working with clay. Here is the resin I used, I applied it with a brush
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