Friday, May 23, 2008

Bas Relief Fixing With Paper Clay

The bas relief has a crack on drying that needs fixing

Degrade some toilet tissue by soaking in water. Other tissue will not degrade as well and will become lumpy

Use Paul's Hamburger method - 2 clay patties and 1 tissue ball

Mix until the paper fibres are indistinguishable from the clay

And here is paper clay. It is very versatile and strong. It should generally be dried out on a plaster slab though before working as it's very sticky

Although for a quick fix like this I just dampened the crack and worked the paper clay in

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