Re: Sculptor inquiry

[Zelda <drakeducaine@yahoo.com>]

I'll second the accolades for Apoxie Sculpt. A quick
Google search will bring up several places to order it
from, and it comes in several container sizes. This
will air dry, I've found that it tends to get crumbly
when applying it around half an hour after mixing, so
if you're working with something large I'd suggest
sculpting in stages. It leaves a slight residue on
your hands when first mixed, but if you wash it off
and then keep your fingers damp afterwards, there's no
mess!

If you're sculpting thin or delicate structures that
you want to hold up to casting, or if you're sculpting
on top of a 'filler' like foil, I've found epoxy
stands up to molding and casting much better than
Sculpey clay. Even SuperSculpey cracks and pulls away
from armatures if put under stress. Good luck!

Michelle Pinsdorf


--- Philip Millar <philip.millar@gmail.com> wrote:

> You need some sort of epoxy putty. I use Apoxie
> Sculpt (www.avesstudio.com)
> and it is fabulous stuff.
> Milliput ( http://www.milliput.com/home.htm ) is
> another species, also good
> stuff but more expensive. As Todd suggested with
> SuperSculpey, use a heat
> gun to control the set time. Also, waiting for the
> putty to set slightly
> permits greater detail that when it is at the first
> mixed spongy stage.
> Aluminium foil is excellent for a base to sculpt on,
> easily tweaked and
> relatively cheap. Crumpled foil also has a bit more
> tooth or grip and the
> putty (or sculpey) won't slide around so much on the
> wire forms.
> Good luck
> Philip Millar
> www.creaturetechnology.com
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