Super Sculpey
One thing that I’ve always been interested in doing but I’ve never tried my hand at is sculpting. Well, that’s not totally true. I did have to do some sculpting in college. Once during Art Fundamentals and another as a part of life drawing in my Classical Animation class. We had to sculpt out a human skull, let it harden and then apply the muscles of the face. I don’t remember what I got on it. I think I did okay.
I do like the idea of trying my hand at a sexy sculpt. I think it would be lots of fun, and probably frustrating too. I do have some Sculpey that I bought a few years ago. I wonder how long that stuff keeps for. I also looked for some tutorials on what’s the best way to start, but I haven’t found anything yet. I know I should try and learn some 3D, but trying my hand at a real 3d sculpt appeals to me more at this point.
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February 7th, 2012 at 12:06 am
As long as the clay was kept moist during storage, it should still be useable. If I remember the directions for using Super Sculpey, you get the final, hard product by letting it dry out.
February 8th, 2012 at 3:08 am
As I remember, I think super sculpey is plastic-based and doesn’t harden unless you bake it.
Modeling clay, on the other hand, needs to be kept moist.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Yeah, that’s just it. What I have left is sitting in a box downstairs. I hope it’s okay.
February 7th, 2012 at 1:10 am
Well if sculpting is anything like legos then I may actually have a chance at it. (lol) Then again, I didn’t do so hot when I took that art class in high school…
If you ever try your hand at sculpting, I would love to see it posted here.
February 8th, 2012 at 3:18 am
My sister used to play with that way back when.
I remember that she discovered an amazing trick for adding color by mixing pastel dust with the sculpey. It seemed to work beautifully.
One tricky thing about sculpey is that it never quite completely hardens. After you bake it, it’s still going to be slightly soft and can come apart if you’re reckless.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
The skull I made 10 years ago is still holding up. But then I’m not handling it everyday. I do remember some people scraping a peeling of the muscle parts so they could have a basic skull. Something to remember I guess.