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Old October 4th 06, 01:09 AM posted to rec.crafts.polymer-clay
nanner
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Default Progress Report Bummed out about baking/ovens

That sounds like a good plan. i won't be baking any beads, except the little
eyeballs but if they get dented on the back it doesn't matter. i could keep
a pan set aside of cornstarch for cooking itty bitty little parts and pieces
I bet, maybe small hands/feet, resting a head. i *do* hate picking off
polyfil fibers.

Do you think the cornstarch would support heavy/larger pieces? Do you make
large beads or very small pieces to bake that way?

Right now I am finishing a project I started last year (to prove to myself
that YES it can be finished LOL) and it is going to be gigantic (still under
a foot tall i think) compared to the scale I plan to work my other figures.
I am trying to scale down more and more. Years ago I did huge plaster over
wire & wood sculptures that were as large at 10' tall (seated!) so working
down to about 6" is absolutely wild for me!!

thanks for the tip! I am so glad there are some folks here to help!

"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message
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I like baking on a bed of cornstarch - it really cushions beads nicely and
you don't have to worry about denting from the polyfill. Learned that trick
from Jana Roberts Benzon, but other artists do it as well.

Barbara

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nanner wrote:

My first baking test with the toaster oven as been a success, i think! I
baked on the bottem rack on the provided metal tray with a layer of
poly-fil. i cooked some small (teeny) eyeballs and a 1" head and made a
quick hair-rooting tool (a clipped sewing needle in about 1.5" x .25" pc
handle) baked all for a bit extra (about 30 min) becsue the temp seemed to
hover a bit low ( around 255/260 degrees) All came out fine. The little
eyeballs were white canes with blue and black centers, no darkening.

so - other than the limited space I guess I will try to use this for
awhile. I don't want something as annoying as this to slow down what I
really want to do!!!




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