Paperclip Bunny
Starting with a snooty bug-eyed bunny. So far I have a couple of different bunny sculpts.
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- Acrylic paint and bushes
- Varnish/resin**
- Sculpting tools - my two favourite sculpting tools to use are: a skewer and a sewing pin.
- Paperclips
*Obviously any polymer clay can be sculpted but I prefer to use Super Sculpey (beige) It's lovely and soft and creamy, and I find it isn't as brittle as the smaller squares you can buy. It's not coloured but I prefer to paint polymer clay rather than use/blend different colours.
** A clear coating of varnish will always improve the look of your sculpt. I use a two part resin varnish. Some varnish won't work on polymer clay. The oil in the clay causes the varnish to split and dry in patches. This is another reason I paint my clay.
Sculpt along...
Roll two identical balls and press into the sockets. Roll a smaller ball for a twitchy nose. Make a small indent for lips.
Add the ears to the main body, I create a small dent, add the ear, then gently blend the clay together.
Roll two identical balls. Gently roll each ball into a teardrop shape. Using a pin, add toes to the wider end. Press two dents for the feet to fit into and blend the clay pieces together.
Painting Rabbits
Let the base coat dry before continuing.
Leave all the paint to dry.
The figures are hung upside down on a clothes airer. They will drip so lay out newspaper and hang around for the first hour and a half wipe away any excess varnish.
Extra Notes On POlymer Clay
- Anything that touches raw unbaked polymer clay can't be used to prepare food. Don't use your fondant sculpts to sculpt polymer clay. Have two separate packs. Once set of cutters, sculpts for clay and one set for fondant and food prep.
- Reserve a baking sheet especially for polymer bakes and don't use it with food after. And line with baking paper.
- Most metal based and glass based things can be baked with the clay. You might want to watch the heat. If things smoke or break remove immediatley (I've never had that happen, polymer clay bakes at a low heat, but you can never be too cautious)
- If your worried about fumes and potentially contaminating your oven. Buy two baking tins, the same size. Line one with baking paper and place your polymer creations inside. Place the other tin upside down on top. Clamp into place with bull clips (metal ones) place in the oven and bake as per the manufactures instructions. The odd polymer bake shouldn't effect your oven (at least, not that I've read) If you bake a lot of polymer clay maybe buy a small oven (like a pizza oven thing) to use exclusively for polymer bakes.