Comments on: Welcome – Polymer Clay Fan

By: XAVERIVS

XAVERIVS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:32:57 +0000

Hey, guys! I’m kinda frustrated because, though I love polymer clay, I just can’t keep my sculptures clean. I wash my hands often, I brush my sculptures with isopropil alcohol and just cannot keep these little dust particles out of them. Anyboy there can give me a little hint?

Thanks.

By: goregt

goregt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:17:41 +0000

Hi Patt,

Armature wire is a bendable aluminum wire that acts like the skeleton of the sculpture. Depending on the size of the sculpture I try to go for the thicker wire if possible (around 9 gauge or less). You don’t have to exclusively use armature wire but it is designed for sculpting. I’ve used coat hangers and things like that in the past which are a little difficult to bend into different shapes. Most craft stores like Hobby Lobby have armature wire in the sculpting tools section.

Good luck and welcome aboard.
Gerald

By: Patt

Patt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:52:24 +0000

Hi Gerald -I just joined !! Yeah ! I have a Lab I would like to sculpt. I am a newbie ( I do work with polyclay though). What is armature wire ? What weight or gauge do I use ?

Thanks for such a great site….

Patt