![]() ![]() Try baskets, lace, leaves - or anything else that's got a great texture. Textures: Make your own texture plates by finding interesting textures and making molds from them.Button molds are also a fun way to practice your molding skills - grab that big jar o' buttons and start playing. Buttons: Want to make handmade polymer clay buttons to match some wonderful fabric? (Or to replace a missing button?) A button mold is a great way to keep all your buttons the same size and shape.Copyright laws apply, so it's probably not a good idea to make molds from your Precious Moments collection!) Here's a few ideas to get you started: If you have a thin, flat mold, you can use a brayer to press it into a clay sheet - or you can even run the mold and clay sheet through the pasta machine together. ![]() (You can also use a clay knife to do this, but be careful not to cut the mold!) Gently press the clay out of the mold, then make any necessary modifications before baking. Press it into the mold, then use an aluminum scraper to trim off any extra clay, leaving the back of the clay even with the top of the mold. To use the mold, roll your polymer clay into a ball, eliminating all creases. You can also cut the mold with scissors or a craft knife - which is really handy for cleaning up edges on texture sheet molds. The mold putty will stick to itself, so if you happened to get a thin spot in your mold, you can patch it with more putty and allow it to set again. Once it's set, your mold is ready to use as is - or you can tweak it some more. And you do have to work fairly quickly: depending on conditions, 5 minutes is about as much good molding time as you'll have.Īfter you're done molding, let it sit undisturbed, according to the package directions (Amazing Mold Putty sets in 20-30 minutes). If you find you've mixed up more putty than you need for your item, quickly roll the excess into a ball and find something else to mold. If you're molding something large and flat (like for texture sheets), you can even run your mold putty through the pasta machine first to get a thin sheet. If it works better for the item you're molding, you can also put the mold putty on wax paper (it sticks to regular paper!) and press the item into it. Shape the putty over whatever you're molding, pressing down completely to get a good impression. In my experience, applying pressure to really compress the putty ball helps here, especially if you're nearing the end of the putty's workable time. Roll the putty mixture between your hands to eliminate creases. Since I've never had any problems doing it this way, I'm guessing this brand is pretty forgiving on amounts. I never use measuring spoons - I just roll out balls of putty that look roughly the same size. If you're using Amazing Mold Putty, don't stress too much about getting precisely the same amount of each color. Mix equal amounts of the different-colored putties together until they're a uniform (not marbled) color.
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