tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post7701682893497943490..comments2024-03-09T16:14:55.599+08:00Comments on Snowfern Clover - miniature foods 1:12, 1:24 & 1:48 dollhouse scale: Experiment - Air Dry Clay & Texture PasteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470979321107028126noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-29329805377902377222009-10-30T09:29:51.953+08:002009-10-30T09:29:51.953+08:00Firstly, let me tell you, Cindy, that this is such...Firstly, let me tell you, Cindy, that this is such a great post. Very informative although I don't know 1/2 of what you are writing and since you are so "fierce", I won't ask any questions (*giggles). When I start playing with clay, I will be back here so often, this post will have dog ears.<br /><br />You know I bought some air drying clay from Daiso (I am soooooo happy you are from here and can tell me exactly where to buy what) and they are still in the bags. Bought them last December and they must be old and malleable now.<br /><br />Your cakes are so amazing. I was just writing to Rosanna about the tiny childhood biscuits with candy topping like in your last pic because she just made some meringues. Do you know what the biscuits are called? Tell me in Hokkien or whatever dialect you know the name by.Sans!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-29637909067810337202009-10-26T22:23:11.208+08:002009-10-26T22:23:11.208+08:00Wow! What a treasure trove of information!!
Kiva,...Wow! What a treasure trove of information!!<br /><br />Kiva, Thanks ^ ^ yeah...you know i will...i'm obsessive that way :(<br /><br />WoundedEros69, thanks for dropping by and providing such wonderful insight! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, or i'd probably waste more clay trying heh heh. you learn from my failures, i learn from yours LOL<br /><br />also, your tip on the colours for my chocolate should come in useful when i next attempt it *GULP* do i dare tonight?....urr. it's too late. :X<br /><br />Asuka, THANK YOU THANK YOU! yes i've seen that cute charm before :D i guess resin clay is even harder than polymer clay when it dries :O i'll be looking forward to your air dry clay post :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470979321107028126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-11871198448032428552009-10-21T14:13:20.143+08:002009-10-21T14:13:20.143+08:00Grace IS waterproof and the acrylic on top of it. ...Grace IS waterproof and the acrylic on top of it. It gets hard enough to crack your skull LoL.<br />see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/asuka-sakumo/3628277786/in/set-72157610573613815/<br />She's 15 months old and she is stuck to my handphone, but she is still fine except some scratches (you do know how klutz i am). Although I never try to dip it in the water.<br />And as far as I'm working with it, my fingerprints never stick actually, so I rarely use tweezer except for tiny weeny bits.<br /><br />but for the ones that i mix with hearty needs to be varnished.<br /><br />well, i think i will write another post about air dry clay since i have some examples for now.asukasakumohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984488248714125610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-38394103103120847202009-10-21T13:50:13.344+08:002009-10-21T13:50:13.344+08:00Hey, stumbled on your blog off of DeviantArt.com
...Hey, stumbled on your blog off of DeviantArt.com <br /><br />I love your experiments with paperclay. They've inspired me to try working with it again.<br /><br />I did note that you were thinking about mixing polymer clay with paperclay and baking them together. <br /><br />From my own failures I can tell you that the paperclay doesn't shrink to a huge degree in the oven, no more noticeably than polymer clay does. But do not fully cover the paper clay with polymer clay, you'll get air bubbles no matter how well dried the paperclay was before hand. If you're just doing layers you should be fine, but a full covering will cause hideous air bubbles that will ruin whatever you were trying to make. The air in the paperclay caused the issue,not moisture, and since paperclay has air bubbles in it, there's nothing you can do to fix the issue before you bake it. I figured that out the hard way... :D<br /><br />Also you may want to try adding a few drops of yellow to your chocolate paint. If it's coming out purple, the yellow may help to bring it back towards the neutral side of things (brown color :D) Or you may want to try using watercolor (it comes in the pans, liquid, gel, and oil stick forms) The issue about the purpling may be fixable just by using a different pigment base. Acrylic a wet medium, while watercolor is a pigment that you add water to in order to change it's color... the watercolor may be rich enough to not turn purple.WoundedEros69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-89395508814361716532009-10-21T12:36:19.584+08:002009-10-21T12:36:19.584+08:00Hey Cindy!! Kick ass experiments!!! I think your m...Hey Cindy!! Kick ass experiments!!! I think your macaroons and that cheesecake are super!! That cheesecake is VERY realistic. I also especially love the intense color of the macarrons....and the filling is GREAT!! I think it's worth the crabiness to continue your experiments ;-).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303004133649269237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-4947112684467777902009-10-21T09:42:51.754+08:002009-10-21T09:42:51.754+08:00WOW! Thanks everyone for leaving such in-depth com...WOW! Thanks everyone for leaving such in-depth comments! let's see what blogger's word limit is on comments ;)<br /><br />Rachael:<br />Thanks for the tip on Sculpey! I'm sure someone will find it useful, since I have already sworn off Sculpey LOL i think it's mainly due to the climate here, Singapore is just 1 degree north of the equator, so Sculpey literally melts in my warm hands :( I can't take credit for the texture paste idea, i'd read it off CDHM.org's forums, there's a member there who provided us the tip!<br /><br />she does wonderful work, i will have to update the entry to include her link....<br /><br />Betty:<br />ooo you opened the pack! ahh! Grace seems to be the clay of choice for miniaturists in HK, Japan, eh? do you know if it dries waterproof? or do i have to seal it too? yeahh the paper clay does have a very good texture to it when sliced, just like real cake huh! problem is how do i seal it? :O >:E i have a can of MSC here, but i frankly don't think it's enough coverage to keep it waterproof...<br /><br />thanks for dropping by! i know i've somewhat 'disappeared' for a while, i've been battling a few real life issues....grrr darn that "REAL LIFE" always getting in the way of fun!<br /><br />Jocelyn:<br />haha sorry! i know i wrote yesterday's entry all crabby, i am very prone to mood swings :X<br /><br />yeah, i saw the jumping clay and wanted to test it but it's also rather costly isn't it? the application of sealants is so important, yet i can't find a good sealant nor effective way of sealing it. i hate painting cos it leaves streaks, and i am fearful of spray cans...for obvious reasons.<br /><br />i started out -with- polymer clay for the very reason, i knew that air dry clays don't dry waterproof. <br /><br />i think most japanese artists use resin clay instead, which is unexplored territory for me...haha<br /><br />ASUKA:<br />you get capital letters cos i own items you've made and i have soo many questions for you! i didn't want to ask you too many things until i actually got to working with it...now that i have, brace yourself! :E<br /><br />in your blog post regarding materials, i know you use Grace, does it dry waterproof? what about sealants reacting with resin clay? does it scrape off easily as with the korean jumping clay?<br /><br />yes i suspect the hearty and daiso clay are paper clays, thanks for the tip on NOT kneeding! i thought i'd had to condition it like polymer clay LOL it's so different from what i'm used to! i'm actually pretty glad it doesn't really pick up details or you'd see all my fingerprints over it....<br /><br /><br />Thanks everyone for chipping in, i have so many more unanswered questions, and wish to experiment a little more too...let's see how far i get....:PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470979321107028126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-76423500339629889682009-10-21T02:50:13.970+08:002009-10-21T02:50:13.970+08:00OMG i didn't realise i typed an entire blog en...OMG i didn't realise i typed an entire blog entry there. haha. SORRY!jocelyn teohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462482714688349956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-74762465048741938282009-10-21T02:49:41.214+08:002009-10-21T02:49:41.214+08:00Hi Cindy! Don't worry I'm not going to ask...Hi Cindy! Don't worry I'm not going to ask any questions haha! <br /><br />anyway, I started out using airdry clay (jumping clay from Korea) for about a few months, so i've got a fair bit of experience there. I stopped using it cause firstly, i didn't like how it dried. It always dried fairly spongey to the touch, but could get kind of hard after maybe a few months? But you would still be able to scratch pieces off or pinched marks into it. So that was one big no-no for me.<br /><br />Secondly, I didn't like the fact that it's air-dry (okay huge DUH here haha), cause that meant that it reacted with water. I searched for AGES for a proper sealer to use on it, but almost all reacted, and when i used those that didn't, the sealer came off in white flecks when scratched. <br /><br />So i eventually dumped the entire lot, and switched to polymer clay instead. :) <br /><br />That's just my take on it, hope that helps somewhat! (and maybe korean airdry clay is different from japanese airdry?) I know there are many miniaturists who manage to work really well with airdry clay, and I can only say good for you guys! :) <br /><br />and i'm going to try putting corn starch in my texture paste, can't stand seeing that whole pot untouched! :) thanks Cindy for posting about the results!jocelyn teohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462482714688349956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-70041124403396051932009-10-20T17:43:48.225+08:002009-10-20T17:43:48.225+08:00Well grace (resin clay) is really soft too! It is ...Well grace (resin clay) is really soft too! It is so soft and squishy I don't know how those Japanese artisans make tons of things out of them!<br /><br />That aside, good tip about the corn starch! I never used Delta Texture Paste, which works good out of the container but their tips no longer fit with the regular bottles which is a complete waste of $10 USD.<br /><br />As for the paper clay thanks for the heads up! I never realize how crumbly it can look! There is a recipe there in Japanese floating out there for how to make the perfect breads that are still hard. I gotta keep looking. <br /><br />Nice to see ya post again! Long time no see.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04103549453129484518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-429799577128146632009-10-20T17:14:23.070+08:002009-10-20T17:14:23.070+08:00hearty is easier to break, that's why i still ...hearty is easier to break, that's why i still mix it with grace (as i've mentioned this on my blog). i begin to suspect that hearty or the one from daisho are actually paper mash?<br />you can't knead it too much, or keep adding water once it breaks too much. and yes, the annoying thing that even though it's dry, it's still water soluble. but it's advantage is that you can use it again. put it in plastic bag with few drops of water or more, leave it for 1-2 days, and you can use it again ^^.asukasakumohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984488248714125610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-81949601449144972092009-10-20T16:25:35.421+08:002009-10-20T16:25:35.421+08:00Interesting post. I haven't experimented with...Interesting post. I haven't experimented with texture paste. I really should for the applications for frosting and icing. However there is a lighter weight version of Sculpey (can't remember the name and it's late here so I'll be lazy) that I love to use. I mix 3:1 lightweight to normal sculpey and that softens everything, eliminates the crumbliness (is that a word???), and when I texturize the surface to look like cake, it really looks great. One weird thing with the light sculpey unlike regular, when you bake it, it turns just a tad bit lighter in color not darker. Anywho, good luck!!!Rachael (Roscata on Etsy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02556295092531277002noreply@blogger.com