Sculpting With Super Sculpey - Getting Started

Some things you will need are: Super Sculpey (of course), Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, Vaseline, 11 gauge and 16 gauge armature wire, Wire Cutters, Plyers, Super Glue, Fast Setting Plumbers Puddy (I use Locktite), a small Wood and Wire Loop Tool (I order mine from Reuels on line), a Pasta Machine (not shown) I get mine at Michales, another invaluable tool is an Xacto Knife (also not shown). a Super Extruder (I get mine on line at Clay Alley), a Wooden Base, Wood Screws 1/4 - 1/2 inch head and about 1/2 inch long ( I use metal screws they usually have a pointed end and a Phillips Head, but you can get wood screws with pointed ends and a Flat Head, you will need a Drill with a Driver that has a Flat Head and a Phillips Head. Ahh, you want something to roll out your sculpey. I use a 1 1/2 inch to 2 inch PVC Tube (I get mine at a hardward store and have them cut a piece for me (if you think you're going to use wood - don't the sculpey sticks to it. But you can get an acrylic roller from the art store (very expensive) - but, Hey, it works!

"Zombie Dolphin" Characters: Evil Dr. Orca, Karina, and No Good Dr. Osprey

"Zombie Dolphin" Characters by Charl Anne Brew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

100 Year Old Barbie

100 Year Old Barbie by Charl Anne Brew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Pan by CABrew

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Full Proof Way to Baking Your Sculpey Sculpture

I usually do this right before going to bed at night.

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees
2. While oven is preheating place sculpture on a cookie sheet
3. If the sculpture is too tall to fit in the oven lay it down on the cookie sheet and make sure to support the concave areas, for example, behind the neck or legs or wings. Use wadded up wax paper or aluminum foil for supports.
4. Place sculpture in oven*
5. Set timer for 2 minutes (no longer)
6. When the timer goes off, turn the oven off, but leave the sculpture in the oven. Do not attempt to open the oven door at this time.
7. Leave the sculpture in the oven for 5-8 hours or until it is completely cool. So go to bed an get a good night's sleep.
8. Remove sculpture from the oven in the morning.

* In case you have horns, or other kinds of high relief details on your sculpture be sure to make a little tent out of aluminum foil to lightly place over your sculpture (not unlike the kind of tent cover you make when cooking a turkey - gobble, gobble!