[TheForge] Re: "sculpting clay"

Sat Sep 20 06:51:00 2003

I bet you could find the clay at a toy store. My kids had it when they were
young and so did I.
Randy Mundt
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From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: "sculpting clay"


>
> > ...plastercine is the trademark of a UK toy company...
>
> > ...plastiline ( an oil based clay)...
>
> > Does anyone know what that sort of stuff is...
>
> Well, artist's modeling clay is called plasticine (sp?).  Last time I
> tried to buy it in an art store in Novas Scotia, they'd never heard of
> it.  But then that wasthe same store so cl;ueless that they sold me
> bronze leaf (intended for tole painters of cute tea trays) when I
> asked for gold leaf.
>
> That big art supply storeon Commonweath Av. in Boston out near BU
> sells it in three grades -- hard medium and soft -- in bricks the size
> and shepe of a pound of butter.  Gets kinda dry and unusable after a
> decade.  Any big-city art supplier *ought* to have it.  I think
> "Plastellina" is a tradename but a Google search finds mostly
> references in Swedish.  Try Googling on "plastiline".
>
> Try:
>
> Buy:    http://www.getspfx.com/Plastiline%20Modeling%20Clay.asp
>
> Make:   http://users.lmi.net/~drewid/plastilene_recipe.html
>
>         <QUOTE>
>
>         10 lbs microcrystalline wax
>         1/2 gal. #10wt oil
>         4 lbs plain automotive grease
>         25 lbs dry clay powder (such as Kentucky ball clay)
>
>         Melt wax, oil, and grease together in an electric frying
>         kettle; stir clay in slowly once melted.  Pour into shallow
>         microwave-safe plastic containers, or into a wet plaster mold.
>
>         This basic recipe may be modified for specific
>         applications. One variation I have worked out uses beeswax for
>         part of the wax component, substitutes petroleum jelly for the
>         grease, and purified mineral oil for the 10wt. motor oil. This
>         smells better, and doesn't have a problem with the rubber mold
>         compounds I use, like most proprietary plastilines do. Varying
>         the proportions of the constituents slightly will yield harder
>         or softer clays.
>
>         <END-QUOTE>
>
> I find plasticine indispensable in modelling repousse pieces to figure
> out the steps of how I'm going to do the metal piece. I haven't tried
> this make-it-yourself formula but now that I've found it I will.  I'm
> dubious about the motor oil and automotive grease but the mineral oil
> and petroleum jelly (Vaseline(tm)) sounds okay.
>
> - Mike
>
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