Shop Tips: Working with Water-Based Clay
In many of Frank’s projects with us, he’s used clay for both sculpting and mold-making. Today, we stop by his shop to learn about the different kinds of water-based clay he uses, along with his favorite sculpting tools. Post your own shop tips in the comments below!
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Loved those registration tool!
I love all things Tested but I’m wondering why they even setup the tripod for this one. Way too vague. And how is it a useful tip to show us custom made, one-off registration tools? If they can spend 6 hours showing us the building of a Lego kit can we get more than seven minutes on something like this please?
Looking forward to seeing the next one.
Great tip for the slab cutter Frank. Built mine with only one thickness per side, I never thought to make each opposing edge a different thickness. Nice. Thanks
Love these tips. Turning out some of those registration tools tomorrow.
I was going on the assumption that oil clay would be better for mold making, because it wouldn’t dry out and you could reuse it (rather than buying it in huge quantities).
You went into the basic differences between clay, but I would really have liked to know what properties of each clay makes it better for different jobs. What makes water clay better for mold making?