Showing posts with label Paper Clay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper Clay. Show all posts

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