Jo Davis So pleasant to hear this. So many people in your situation and my art has blessed me. Now giving back and hopefully people will find they can sculpt easily. Thank you for letting me know.
Thank you so much for sharing this technique. I can see how it can be applied to other processes as well. I appreciate how thoroughly you explain things, including the "why nots" are invaluable. So thank you, again! I would also be most grateful for you doing one for the eyes. Can't wait. Share on!
+excelbaby69 Thank you for leaving your comment. Im pleased to hear you say that it can be applied to other processes. Yes and this method I use is to share with all of you that really want to learn and have fun and take the idea and explore all avenues with your art. Thank you again and again.
+MissArtsyGurl Glad to hear it has fallen into your medium as well. I love the wax with polymer clay hope it can expand your bjd and maybe other things as well. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
Thank you so much for showing what you do. I have been making and selling art dolls for over 20 years now, however I don't make ball jointed dolls. Mine are either a full bodied polymer clay doll or I make the hands, feet, and head out of polymer clay and make the body soft. Usually it's a wire armature with a batting and cloth cover so that it can be posed. I learned about making art dolls from Jack Johnson. You probably know who he is if not you should take a look at some of his work. I saw a life size Santa doll he made from polymer clay and it was fantastic. I would love to hear more about how you create your dolls. After doing this all these years I am always thrilled to learn something new. Thanks again! Take care, Dee😊👍
+DeeEll86442 Thank you Dee great seeing you here... Yes, being in this doll business for a very long time I have heard seen and even met some great artist along my journey. I can't forget all the wonderful artist that I met back in the 80s with porcelain dolls and there transition to polymer clay dolls. It's been a wonderful journey and learned a lot from some very amazing people who became close friends. I to have also made dolls with wire then batting its all fun... If we stopped learning what would there be make and wouldn't we just become bored? Hope to see you at my next video.
DeeEll86442 I learned sculpting also from Jack ,lol small world. I took his professional teaching certification class . I was in his Doll Makers Guild . Do you know how Jack is doing these days ?
Fairysnmypond I loved all your great sculpting knowledge ,Wow ! The wax core just amazing ! A thing I never thought of ,thank you so much. The way you do eye lids is my favorite thing . The lips you do are so beautiful I love it all ! I studied sculpting in the USA and abroad .I racked my brain trying to find a way to do a hollow jointed body . I also stared in porcelain doing molds pouring slip. Then learning to sculpt in polymer clays plus pour in resin. Doing hollow seamed just a dream until you . I gave up sculpting for a long time .Watching your video has rekindled the artist in me and I’m wanting to sculpt again.Thank you so much . Elisabeth Clancy clancyelisabeth1952@yahoo.com
I'm glad to hear your spark has taken. So many give up for so many reasons. Were pretty much a match lol on what we have worked with. Although your one up on me. Haven't tried resin and hope I do. Absolutely no end to this journey.. Time to create and discover your thoughts within. Expansion is a vibration of growth.
Carol this is great! Keep in touch I would love to hear your journey. If you haven't already join my facebook page please do. I can give more attention to any kind of problems you may have or just encouragement. Its more a one on one helping hands. Thank you for posting and Im looking forward to hearing and watching your journey. Its so much fun and very rewarding. Welcome!!!
I have a tutorial up showing how I make the glass eyes. But I also have a video showing how I set the eyes. Please check those out and you will see more. Also you might be interested in watching me blogging sculpting my new doll. Follow me with this series and you will see step by step. All of my dolls are now made with a hollow head. Follow me on facebook Im posting pictures and giving more tips and tricks there also.
It's really weird, because I'm working on a similar type of a project! I'm currently making a hollow face sculpt for the eyes. Interesting thing is, Aves Apoxy can work very, very well as a hollow face for the eyes as it can create extremely fine detail on the eyelids. Thanks for sharing!
+Brandon Nielsen Your so right. I just sculpting another doll head (hollow) and Im ready to hollow out the eyes. People have been requesting how I do that part. I really didn't think I was going to get any request because I really didn't care to make a tutorial LOL.. Its kinda my own thing I do and don't think anyone would care to do it. LOL I guess I shouldn't think what others might want or not LOL... Do you post pic of your work would love to see what you do.
+rosalie Thompson Thank you rosalie good seeing you. Also thank you for letting me know your interested in seeing my other way to setting eyes in with a hollow head.
So the candle wax melts into the baking soda. This is not important that you do it this way its just how I do it. If your not going to use baking soda you have to think about the wax melting out so you want to prop your piece some how so the clay isn't sitting in a puddle of wax. The baking soda absorbs it. I also have another tutorial explaining more reasons why I cook polymer clay with baking soda. I hope I explained that well for you.
+Dee Schuller Thank you Dee for viewing and commenting. I do have a tutorial up showing after I cut the eyes out how I then set them into the hollow head. If your looking for also making eyes my most favorite way is the tutorial that I show with the wooden beads. Now then I no longer use wooden beads and I use pure glass beads. But the drilling is the same as the wooden beads but with the glass I no longer have to go through the painting part of the whites of the eye. In the tutorial Lets Make eyes I found the way to make the lens look like its part of the eye and not a drop of clear resin sitting on top. Any questions feel free to ask. Hope this has helped. Here is the tutorial for setting the eyes in a hollow head. ua-cam.com/video/lfPz2rb6W0E/v-deo.html To make eyes is under Lets Make Eyes. There will be two parts but the first one is the drilling and the most important part of the eye its self.
Maybe instead of molding wax bases, you could use plasticine clay as the base, and let that melt out while you bake the piece.... Hmmm.... Thanks for the info!
Hmm, interesting. How would one go about making a life sized version using your methods? And is there a way to make the parts that move self supporting in the positions it is capable of moving?
Making life sized comes with a lot of experimenting for this one big reason Im about to share with you. You must make sure the wax when melting is a very slow flow or your doll can cave in. You want your clay to have a chance to cook before all the wax melts out. You will be using a lot of wax for a life size and you will also need a system in your oven to catch the wax as it melts. If the clay sits in the wax as its melting it could cause huge problems. Meaning the clay will be like a powder. Life size has some different methods then what I showing with a much smaller scale doll. You can position all parts the way you want. The most important is getting the feel for the wax and how it works. Understand by experimenting because everyone will have different experiences.
Thank you, and a matter a fact my UNI project I am working on I am using wax, and within the criteria I need to do 100ish experiments with the wax as well as the final product.
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It can be overwhelming when you view the whole doll thing. Here's what I would suggest, start off with just a ball of clay shaped like and egg. You will need some sort of tools to make impressions in the clay. You have many tools just around the house. Just don't use anything you would eat off of. Get to know the clay is so important when starting. People will dive in and become so overwhelmed and never try again. If you feel at peace with the whole thing then you would be the type of person that can just dive in. Either way it just depends on the person. Make many facial impressions over and over. Don't like anything ball the clay up and shape the egg again. Keep doing it until you feel comfortable. Then move on to the torso and practice with just half. Make hands and just feet over and over. Your clay will get mighty dirty but the exercise isn't meant to be a doll yet, its only to give you a beginning. I hope this can help it has in all of the class's I give.
You said 'here is the wax with the baking soda' that came out of this piece here', what baking soda? did you add baking soda to the melted wax? how much, etc thank you
The baking soda is there for the wax to melt in. Or you can use an oven bowl to catch the wax. Then you can use the wax over. The baking soda prevents my clay from cracking when cooking.
@@fairysnmypond So you put the baking soda in a bowl, or something and set the piece in it with the hole down so the wax melts out and in the baking soda? Thank you very much. I think i need to make a 3 inch bjd for a book nook. I am not looking forward to this part. I have carved wood before but it was over 30 years ago, lol. I dont think i have the patience to do this tiny creature. I will give it a couple tries, i like the idea of making it from slulpy first instead of using it to cover air dry last. Only needs to bend at shoulders, elbows and knees, maybe will use some kind of bead, for the joints. Just starting out so watching videos to see if i can even get started on it. How does the baking soda prevent the cracking? i know you said the wax slowly melts out so no air to crack the clay,
+Fairysnmypond hi, when you're talking about baking soda? what do you mean? where do you use the baking soda? I really want to use this method to make my bjd. I'm just confused what you mean.
My method is I cook all my polymer pieces in a pan of baking soda. Not all people do this but I find that when I do I have no cracks after cooked. You can watch my video where I talk about using baking soda. So when I want to make a hollow head I just set my dolls head in the baking soda. The wax melts out and into the baking soda. No you wont be able to use the wax over. But if you have a real creative mind then Im sure you can find a way to melt the wax and be able to reuse it. Hope this is more clear.
This wax method is beyond brilliant I must say. However I have taking in your tutorials like mana getting lot's of helpful info but I'm still unclear on one thing you specificly point out in this video and that was your wax that malted into baking soda i watched a few other vidios you have on baking and also on preparing baking soda but I'm confused on how the method is implicated is the baking soda a insulator you use for evenly distributing the heat and it will naturally just sop up the wax or is there something specific im saposed to do becuz I'm getting alot of wax coating the outside of my headd if there's something you would suggest for referencing id be extremely grateful I have little to no experience in earthen clay or porcelain for that matter because of my not having a kiln i typically use air dry clay (homemade cold porcelain) and it has done everything i have wanted till now since I'm making a go of bjd making i wanted a different media and this methodology you are teaching makes bjd crafting specificly with polymer clays something magical i tryed foil an that was a joke never doing that again if i can make wax work like you have ... sarry im rambling and the gramer is bad but wanted to ask and also so support for the amazing colection of video's you have put together
There are many reasons I use baking soda but lets stick with the problem you seem to be having. When I give class's and we use the wax as our core. The one thing people try to do is not use enough polymer clay to cover the wax. They think its to be thin. Not the case! If the wax seeps out of the whole part your cooking this should not be happening. You only want the wax to drain out from the area that you have made a hole and then tilt your body part your cooking. I don't set it flat down, I will use the baking soda to prop or support. Yes the baking soda will then absorb the wax and when that cools I just pick out the chuck of wax with the baking soda and throw away. Sometimes I might have some wax on the outside where its drained, this has never been a problem unless I didn't tilt it and the clay and baking soda when cooking could make like a mushy results. There really is never a whole lot of wax when melted out. There will be a small coating inside the doll part but I always drill out more polymer clay. This is when you can establish more of a porcelain like a very fine china look. But of course you have to consider to thin could be to fragile just like a fine china would be. Its all about experimenting and finding the look your wanting and of course you want to consider the strength and durability of the cooked clay. A tip: your wax should never make the cooked clay weak or crumbly, if so consider how thick is your cooked clay. If any wax gets on my doll part I am always able to wipe it off. Another tip for you, if you feel you still have wax after you cooked your clay. Pop in oven and only set your oven temp high enough to just warm the wax. When melted you will be able to handle your doll part and take out of oven and wipe off wax. Honestly I don't have the need to do that because I always take my doll parts out of the oven while hot and pop it in the freezer until I have handle it. Do not ever put in ice or ice water. You only want a regulated cold temperature and thats why the freezer works for me. Freezer Technic is another chapter but I hope my explanation here on the wax has helped.
Hello Barbara doll, I used different clays and notice that the pieces I make are small they break...example, like a guitar has the long slim part, that will break. I like making miniatures and would like to make 1/12 scale dolls and not worry about the arms breaking. So I'm wondering what brand of clay do you use? By the way I feel you're an amazing artist.
+Carolyn Dolls Thank you and the clay I would use are Cernit, Kato, Fimo. Those three seem to work very well for me. Cooking it at the right temperature is a very important part to having a strong piece of clay. Have a temp gauge in your oven right next to your piece and watch the gauge and see if the oven is holding the temp or dropping. Some times with ovens there might be hot spots and cold spots, you just play with that until you find the spot. Here is something I might suggest for you. When making something like a guitar try inserting maybe a broken tooth pick or even a wire. There are many different brands of clay out there and some I would consider weak clays. Experiment and see what is strong for you. Hope this has helped.
+goldbox The baking soda is only used to cook my polymer clay. I have aluminum tin pan and I pour a box of baking soda. I lay my raw pieces right on top and will even cover my pieces sometimes lightly with the soda. When I use wax I take the baking soda out because I don't want it in the wax. The baking soda in my own opinion stopped the cracking that I was experiencing and then taking the hot polymer clay and placing in freezer. You do not have to do it the way I am. Its just something I have experimented with and it has worked so I keep doing it the same way. If you try this it can be messy in oven. I will cover the pan lightly with foil to keep the baking soda from flying all into oven. But if you cover your piece then you will have to consider cooking it longer then if you didn't cover it. Experiment with a scrap piece and then decide. You also might search the internet about the baking soda I think there is some information there as well. Some say it does nothing some may say it caused problems. Everyone experiences different. I hope this has helped.
+Fairysnmypond ok thank you. i wanted to ask you. i made my first hollow doll head about the size of my pinky. it is faceless. in your opinion, can i add clay features and build on an already baked head, or do i need to sculpt the face on the head and bake it all at once? thank you! you are so inspiring!
+goldbox Some people have no problem doing so. Sometimes I will add clay just to correct something on the head after it was cooked. Here are the problems in my opinion that could happen. Sometimes raw clay doesn't want to stick on the cooked clay. This will cause trapped air and can cause cracks while cooking. I would suggest putting on small layers and pressing down. See if the clay is sticking and if not just keep building it. For me its what I call a hit and miss. Some will say coat the cooked clay with liquid sculpy. That always made my clay tacky and very dirty. No luck for me with that. But again some say they have no problem. If its a head that is a experiment try adding and see if the clay sticks. If when cooked and you see it cracked or white moonies then you know it doesn't work for you.
So i tried this method to make hollow balls out of polyclay, and--- actually, i'll explain everyuthing first I've been like super weak recently so i was like "i'll use baby oil to help soften some of it and then add that to the bulk of my supply." So i threw a fair chunk in a plastic bag with, apparently, FAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR too much oil, left it overnight, conditioned that clay so the oil would be distributed, and added it to the rest of my clay. I baked some (the circumstances of which i'll talk about in a sec) and it crumbled like crazy!! So i thought "is there a way to get this oil out??" and found a method to leech out excess oils... So i hand-flattened a few sheets of my clay, put some scrap paper in between each of those sheets, and put a goooood amount of weight on it with some books that i never look at. The next day, i put it all away; since i did need some of the oil still in the clay just to make it easier for me; and while it does still crumble some, it's deeeeffinitely not as bad as it was before. Back to the story: I tried making hollow balls with wooden beads that i had... the idea was that i would have the part of the head (it was a head i was making) that connects to the neck be underneath the ball, and have the ball and connection covered with the clay which would be cut in half after baking and just pull out the bead. Like i said, the clay crumbled on me, and besides that i couldn't get the bead out at all anyway. So i thought "well, maybe i can make a base out of some other material that i can later go in and scrape away from the clay... i mixed up a bunch of corn starch and baby oil, but i couldn't get it to stay in any shape besides just a clump that you squeeze with your hand, so i didn't use that. I saw this tutorial and thought "alright, that sounds pretty good," so i got an icecube tray that has somewhat-misshapened semispheres, melted wax into those, stuck two together, and threw some clay on it. I made balls that were misshaped in their own way, but figured that i can go back in once i got it not-raw and fix that up.... Anyway, i tried this wax method and got real big cracks in them. I guess i didn't make the holes large enough (????) but it'll do for now. I need to add a lot onto them besides fixing the walls, so thanks for the help. ^^
In just my own experiences with polymer clay this is what I think was the main problem. First polymer clay shouldn't crumble like you explain. This could be old clay and had been in some warm temperature (meaning it semi cooked or dried out the clay. I have seen clay that was purchased and taken home and it crumbled. This can be caused by shipping and temperature was to warm for the shipping. This doesn't always happen but it certainly can if someone doesn't know why there clay crumbles. 2nd baby oil in my experience never worked. Using just a very small amount of Vaseline worked out so much better. They are both petroleum. 3rd I don't think the wax was the cause it was the baby oil in the clay. Polymer clay and wax are compatible. The baby oil reacted with the wax also between the two it weaken the polymer clay and cracked. Great idea with the ice cube trays to pour your wax in for a mold. I would suggest trying it one more time without the baby oil. If your needing very soft polymer clay. Have you tried Femo soft? For my experiences with polymer clay I wouldn't ever add any oil to soften. I would only take oil out never add. I hope you give it another I would love to hear. Just one other thing because you had question marks with maybe you didn't make the holes big enough? When we are ready to cook the raw clay with wax as the core. The hole is big enough to let the wax out. It will be a slow dripping out.
Thank you Clair for your interest. As for the bjd videos showing wax and how i set the eyes I already have the tutorials up. Check out my playlist for bjd.
+Tia Garcia I don't know of anyone because I'm using polymer clay. I could suggest doing a search for paper mache dolls and see if they offer classes. I'm sorry I couldn't help more.
Fairysnmypond I have searched for doll classes..for a long time ..I desire to have a hands on class that's how I learn ...thanks so, much for you feed back blessing Tia
I am going to make a regular flour dough ball. And when it gets hard, I am gonna use that hard ball for to make doll's head. And after baking it, I will crack the doll's head and take ball out of her head... hahahaha..!!!!!! How's my sculpy ? :)
It all depends on each individual to what mediums you like and how they work. As for Sculpy its a brand that doesn't work for me but do know a lot of people that love it. Again its what works for who.. Thank you for commenting.
Your tutorials have solved many issues that I have had with my dolls and I got discouraged. Inspired Again! Thanks so very much!
Jo Davis So pleasant to hear this. So many people in your situation and my art has blessed me. Now giving back and hopefully people will find they can sculpt easily. Thank you for letting me know.
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Yes I'm very interested to see full tutorials on sculpting using your method. I makes good sense to use and just melt out the wax. thank-you
Lilly your welcome and thank you for letting me know your interested
Thank you so much for sharing this technique. I can see how it can be applied to other processes as well. I appreciate how thoroughly you explain things, including the "why nots" are invaluable. So thank you, again!
I would also be most grateful for you doing one for the eyes. Can't wait. Share on!
+excelbaby69 Thank you for leaving your comment. Im pleased to hear you say that it can be applied to other processes. Yes and this method I use is to share with all of you that really want to learn and have fun and take the idea and explore all avenues with your art. Thank you again and again.
This is so cool I make ball jointed dolls out of polymer clay too so this is a great technique to try out.
+MissArtsyGurl Glad to hear it has fallen into your medium as well. I love the wax with polymer clay hope it can expand your bjd and maybe other things as well. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
Oh thank you :D
I’ve learned so much from the many videos you shared. Thank you so much !
Thank you so much for showing what you do. I have been making and selling art dolls for over 20 years now, however I don't make ball jointed dolls. Mine are either a full bodied polymer clay doll or I make the hands, feet, and head out of polymer clay and make the body soft. Usually it's a wire armature with a batting and cloth cover so that it can be posed. I learned about making art dolls from Jack Johnson. You probably know who he is if not you should take a look at some of his work. I saw a life size Santa doll he made from polymer clay and it was fantastic. I would love to hear more about how you create your dolls. After doing this all these years I am always thrilled to learn something new. Thanks again! Take care, Dee😊👍
+DeeEll86442 Thank you Dee great seeing you here... Yes, being in this doll business for a very long time I have heard seen and even met some great artist along my journey. I can't forget all the wonderful artist that I met back in the 80s with porcelain dolls and there transition to polymer clay dolls. It's been a wonderful journey and learned a lot from some very amazing people who became close friends. I to have also made dolls with wire then batting its all fun... If we stopped learning what would there be make and wouldn't we just become bored? Hope to see you at my next video.
DeeEll86442 I learned sculpting also from Jack ,lol small world. I took his professional teaching certification class . I was in his Doll Makers Guild . Do you know how Jack is doing these days ?
Fairysnmypond I loved all your great sculpting knowledge ,Wow ! The wax core just amazing ! A thing I never thought of ,thank you so much. The way you do eye lids is my favorite thing . The lips you do are so beautiful I love it all ! I studied sculpting in the USA and abroad .I racked my brain trying to find a way to do a hollow jointed body . I also stared in porcelain doing molds pouring slip. Then learning to sculpt in polymer clays plus pour in resin. Doing hollow seamed just a dream until you . I gave up sculpting for a long time .Watching your video has rekindled the artist in me and I’m wanting to sculpt again.Thank you so much . Elisabeth Clancy clancyelisabeth1952@yahoo.com
I'm glad to hear your spark has taken. So many give up for so many reasons. Were pretty much a match lol on what we have worked with. Although your one up on me. Haven't tried resin and hope I do. Absolutely no end to this journey.. Time to create and discover your thoughts within. Expansion is a vibration of growth.
Fascinating! Your doll tutorials are so informative. I had no idea how to go about this kind of sculpting ! tfs
+Linda Ann Smith Thank you Linda for being so supportive. hugs
ive always wanted to make dolls!! im going to give it a go using your technique!! thank you!!
Carol this is great! Keep in touch I would love to hear your journey. If you haven't already join my facebook page please do. I can give more attention to any kind of problems you may have or just encouragement. Its more a one on one helping hands. Thank you for posting and Im looking forward to hearing and watching your journey. Its so much fun and very rewarding. Welcome!!!
+Fairysnmypond i just liked it! thank you so much i will keep in touch :)
thanks for this useful tutorial, I would be interested in sculting full tutorials!!!!!!
Yes! Please show the eye video. This was really interesting. Answered a lot of questions
Video's have already been made. Thank you and glad it helped.
This is the first tutorial of yours I've seen really liked it Just starting to make dolls I would love to see how to do the eyes
I have a tutorial up showing how I make the glass eyes. But I also have a video showing how I set the eyes. Please check those out and you will see more. Also you might be interested in watching me blogging sculpting my new doll. Follow me with this series and you will see step by step. All of my dolls are now made with a hollow head. Follow me on facebook Im posting pictures and giving more tips and tricks there also.
It's really weird, because I'm working on a similar type of a project! I'm currently making a hollow face sculpt for the eyes. Interesting thing is, Aves Apoxy can work very, very well as a hollow face for the eyes as it can create extremely fine detail on the eyelids. Thanks for sharing!
+Brandon Nielsen Your so right. I just sculpting another doll head (hollow) and Im ready to hollow out the eyes. People have been requesting how I do that part. I really didn't think I was going to get any request because I really didn't care to make a tutorial LOL.. Its kinda my own thing I do and don't think anyone would care to do it. LOL I guess I shouldn't think what others might want or not LOL... Do you post pic of your work would love to see what you do.
Yes please do a tutorial on the eyes =D--Love you !!!You rock
would love to see how you do the eyes, thank you for showing this method, easy to follow and understand.
+rosalie Thompson Thank you rosalie good seeing you. Also thank you for letting me know your interested in seeing my other way to setting eyes in with a hollow head.
Thank you so much!! I was looking for this and I am happy to find it!!
Very good information, I needed this information. Do you do the same for arms ,body and legs?
+Aline McFadden Yes Im sharing with everyone the method I use with wax as my core. Wonderful for bjd's.
Thease dolls are art
Thank you for leaving feedback. Glad you enjoyed.
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GREAT TUTORIAL, and idea Barbara!!! Thank you....I would love to see your approach with the eyes, please please :)
+Rhonda Magee Thank you Rhonda glad you enjoyed. More to come...
great!!! Love your work :)
I think I might have gotten sidetracked watching the video, what was the baking soda used for?
So the candle wax melts into the baking soda. This is not important that you do it this way its just how I do it. If your not going to use baking soda you have to think about the wax melting out so you want to prop your piece some how so the clay isn't sitting in a puddle of wax. The baking soda absorbs it. I also have another tutorial explaining more reasons why I cook polymer clay with baking soda. I hope I explained that well for you.
you will most definitely I would love to make a bjd one day your tutorial's are fantastic thank you so much
Such a neat technique! Thank you for sharing!
+FairyPrincess Couture Im glad you enjoyed and it can be helpful to you.
Yes please I would love to see how to do the eyes. Thank you so much !
+Dee Schuller Thank you Dee for viewing and commenting. I do have a tutorial up showing after I cut the eyes out how I then set them into the hollow head. If your looking for also making eyes my most favorite way is the tutorial that I show with the wooden beads. Now then I no longer use wooden beads and I use pure glass beads. But the drilling is the same as the wooden beads but with the glass I no longer have to go through the painting part of the whites of the eye. In the tutorial Lets Make eyes I found the way to make the lens look like its part of the eye and not a drop of clear resin sitting on top. Any questions feel free to ask. Hope this has helped.
Here is the tutorial for setting the eyes in a hollow head.
ua-cam.com/video/lfPz2rb6W0E/v-deo.html
To make eyes is under Lets Make Eyes. There will be two parts but the first one is the drilling and the most important part of the eye its self.
You are lucky to find passion and love what you do. Thank you
Ilove the way you teach thank you and i would be interested to learn how to make the eye,
Thank you Claire Im pleased to hear your enjoying the tutorials. Here's the link to show how I set the eye's. ua-cam.com/video/DRsxWZbZK7w/v-deo.html
Maybe instead of molding wax bases, you could use plasticine clay as the base, and let that melt out while you bake the piece.... Hmmm....
Thanks for the info!
Really enjoyed your technique!! Can you do the tutorial for the eyes? Thanks in advance!
+Lisa Berkebile Thank you Lisa for viewing and letting me know your interested.
Love your video! And me too would like to see how you do the eyes!
fantastic yes please would love to have a tutorial on the eyes
+Rosemary Rolfe The tutorial is already up showing how I set the eye's. Thank you for your comment and hope to see you again in my next bjd tutorial.
I'm interested in a full tutorial including your eye method.
Hmm, interesting. How would one go about making a life sized version using your methods? And is there a way to make the parts that move self supporting in the positions it is capable of moving?
Making life sized comes with a lot of experimenting for this one big reason Im about to share with you. You must make sure the wax when melting is a very slow flow or your doll can cave in. You want your clay to have a chance to cook before all the wax melts out. You will be using a lot of wax for a life size and you will also need a system in your oven to catch the wax as it melts. If the clay sits in the wax as its melting it could cause huge problems. Meaning the clay will be like a powder. Life size has some different methods then what I showing with a much smaller scale doll. You can position all parts the way you want. The most important is getting the feel for the wax and how it works. Understand by experimenting because everyone will have different experiences.
Thank you, and a matter a fact my UNI project I am working on I am using wax, and within the criteria I need to do 100ish experiments with the wax as well as the final product.
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I want to try and make a doll but I have no idea where to start :/
It can be overwhelming when you view the whole doll thing. Here's what I would suggest, start off with just a ball of clay shaped like and egg. You will need some sort of tools to make impressions in the clay. You have many tools just around the house. Just don't use anything you would eat off of. Get to know the clay is so important when starting. People will dive in and become so overwhelmed and never try again. If you feel at peace with the whole thing then you would be the type of person that can just dive in. Either way it just depends on the person. Make many facial impressions over and over. Don't like anything ball the clay up and shape the egg again. Keep doing it until you feel comfortable. Then move on to the torso and practice with just half. Make hands and just feet over and over. Your clay will get mighty dirty but the exercise isn't meant to be a doll yet, its only to give you a beginning. I hope this can help it has in all of the class's I give.
I just started a few weeks ago and I decided to start by making eyes. Then I made a head. Then the rest just follows.
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You said 'here is the wax with the baking soda' that came out of this piece here', what baking soda? did you add baking soda to the melted wax? how much, etc thank you
The baking soda is there for the wax to melt in. Or you can use an oven bowl to catch the wax. Then you can use the wax over. The baking soda prevents my clay from cracking when cooking.
@@fairysnmypond So you put the baking soda in a bowl, or something and set the piece in it with the hole down so the wax melts out and in the baking soda? Thank you very much. I think i need to make a 3 inch bjd for a book nook. I am not looking forward to this part. I have carved wood before but it was over 30 years ago, lol. I dont think i have the patience to do this tiny creature. I will give it a couple tries, i like the idea of making it from slulpy first instead of using it to cover air dry last. Only needs to bend at shoulders, elbows and knees, maybe will use some kind of bead, for the joints. Just starting out so watching videos to see if i can even get started on it. How does the baking soda prevent the cracking? i know you said the wax slowly melts out so no air to crack the clay,
@@iteeshollow where I live we have high humidity. The baking soda draws out moisture.
Love this video and I would very much like to see a video on the eyes.
- Heidi
+BlackCat2 Thank you Heidi and for letting me know your interested.
+Fairysnmypond hi, when you're talking about baking soda? what do you mean? where do you use the baking soda? I really want to use this method to make my bjd. I'm just confused what you mean.
My method is I cook all my polymer pieces in a pan of baking soda. Not all people do this but I find that when I do I have no cracks after cooked. You can watch my video where I talk about using baking soda. So when I want to make a hollow head I just set my dolls head in the baking soda. The wax melts out and into the baking soda. No you wont be able to use the wax over. But if you have a real creative mind then Im sure you can find a way to melt the wax and be able to reuse it. Hope this is more clear.
Is this process going on while its in the oven or just a pan with baking soda in it? And then you bake the clay?
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This wax method is beyond brilliant I must say. However I have taking in your tutorials like mana getting lot's of helpful info but I'm still unclear on one thing you specificly point out in this video and that was your wax that malted into baking soda i watched a few other vidios you have on baking and also on preparing baking soda but I'm confused on how the method is implicated is the baking soda a insulator you use for evenly distributing the heat and it will naturally just sop up the wax or is there something specific im saposed to do becuz I'm getting alot of wax coating the outside of my headd if there's something you would suggest for referencing id be extremely grateful I have little to no experience in earthen clay or porcelain for that matter because of my not having a kiln i typically use air dry clay (homemade cold porcelain) and it has done everything i have wanted till now since I'm making a go of bjd making i wanted a different media and this methodology you are teaching makes bjd crafting specificly with polymer clays something magical i tryed foil an that was a joke never doing that again if i can make wax work like you have ... sarry im rambling and the gramer is bad but wanted to ask and also so support for the amazing colection of video's you have put together
There are many reasons I use baking soda but lets stick with the problem you seem to be having. When I give class's and we use the wax as our core. The one thing people try to do is not use enough polymer clay to cover the wax. They think its to be thin. Not the case! If the wax seeps out of the whole part your cooking this should not be happening. You only want the wax to drain out from the area that you have made a hole and then tilt your body part your cooking. I don't set it flat down, I will use the baking soda to prop or support. Yes the baking soda will then absorb the wax and when that cools I just pick out the chuck of wax with the baking soda and throw away. Sometimes I might have some wax on the outside where its drained, this has never been a problem unless I didn't tilt it and the clay and baking soda when cooking could make like a mushy results. There really is never a whole lot of wax when melted out. There will be a small coating inside the doll part but I always drill out more polymer clay. This is when you can establish more of a porcelain like a very fine china look. But of course you have to consider to thin could be to fragile just like a fine china would be. Its all about experimenting and finding the look your wanting and of course you want to consider the strength and durability of the cooked clay. A tip: your wax should never make the cooked clay weak or crumbly, if so consider how thick is your cooked clay. If any wax gets on my doll part I am always able to wipe it off. Another tip for you, if you feel you still have wax after you cooked your clay. Pop in oven and only set your oven temp high enough to just warm the wax. When melted you will be able to handle your doll part and take out of oven and wipe off wax. Honestly I don't have the need to do that because I always take my doll parts out of the oven while hot and pop it in the freezer until I have handle it. Do not ever put in ice or ice water. You only want a regulated cold temperature and thats why the freezer works for me. Freezer Technic is another chapter but I hope my explanation here on the wax has helped.
I subscribed! that wax is such a good idea!!!
+Adrian Flinn thank you. Wax is amazing and can do so much more.
Hello Barbara doll, I used different clays and notice that the pieces I make are small they break...example, like a guitar has the long slim part, that will break. I like making miniatures and would like to make 1/12 scale dolls and not worry about the arms breaking. So I'm wondering what brand of clay do you use? By the way I feel you're an amazing artist.
+Carolyn Dolls Thank you and the clay I would use are Cernit, Kato, Fimo. Those three seem to work very well for me. Cooking it at the right temperature is a very important part to having a strong piece of clay. Have a temp gauge in your oven right next to your piece and watch the gauge and see if the oven is holding the temp or dropping. Some times with ovens there might be hot spots and cold spots, you just play with that until you find the spot. Here is something I might suggest for you. When making something like a guitar try inserting maybe a broken tooth pick or even a wire. There are many different brands of clay out there and some I would consider weak clays. Experiment and see what is strong for you. Hope this has helped.
I have a question about the baking soda. How do you use that? Thank you
+goldbox The baking soda is only used to cook my polymer clay. I have aluminum tin pan and I pour a box of baking soda. I lay my raw pieces right on top and will even cover my pieces sometimes lightly with the soda. When I use wax I take the baking soda out because I don't want it in the wax. The baking soda in my own opinion stopped the cracking that I was experiencing and then taking the hot polymer clay and placing in freezer. You do not have to do it the way I am. Its just something I have experimented with and it has worked so I keep doing it the same way. If you try this it can be messy in oven. I will cover the pan lightly with foil to keep the baking soda from flying all into oven. But if you cover your piece then you will have to consider cooking it longer then if you didn't cover it. Experiment with a scrap piece and then decide. You also might search the internet about the baking soda I think there is some information there as well. Some say it does nothing some may say it caused problems. Everyone experiences different. I hope this has helped.
+Fairysnmypond ok thank you. i wanted to ask you. i made my first hollow doll head about the size of my pinky. it is faceless. in your opinion, can i add clay features and build on an already baked head, or do i need to sculpt the face on the head and bake it all at once? thank you! you are so inspiring!
+goldbox Some people have no problem doing so. Sometimes I will add clay just to correct something on the head after it was cooked. Here are the problems in my opinion that could happen. Sometimes raw clay doesn't want to stick on the cooked clay. This will cause trapped air and can cause cracks while cooking. I would suggest putting on small layers and pressing down. See if the clay is sticking and if not just keep building it. For me its what I call a hit and miss. Some will say coat the cooked clay with liquid sculpy. That always made my clay tacky and very dirty. No luck for me with that. But again some say they have no problem. If its a head that is a experiment try adding and see if the clay sticks. If when cooked and you see it cracked or white moonies then you know it doesn't work for you.
So i tried this method to make hollow balls out of polyclay, and--- actually, i'll explain everyuthing first
I've been like super weak recently so i was like "i'll use baby oil to help soften some of it and then add that to the bulk of my supply." So i threw a fair chunk in a plastic bag with, apparently, FAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR too much oil, left it overnight, conditioned that clay so the oil would be distributed, and added it to the rest of my clay. I baked some (the circumstances of which i'll talk about in a sec) and it crumbled like crazy!! So i thought "is there a way to get this oil out??" and found a method to leech out excess oils... So i hand-flattened a few sheets of my clay, put some scrap paper in between each of those sheets, and put a goooood amount of weight on it with some books that i never look at. The next day, i put it all away; since i did need some of the oil still in the clay just to make it easier for me; and while it does still crumble some, it's deeeeffinitely not as bad as it was before.
Back to the story: I tried making hollow balls with wooden beads that i had... the idea was that i would have the part of the head (it was a head i was making) that connects to the neck be underneath the ball, and have the ball and connection covered with the clay which would be cut in half after baking and just pull out the bead. Like i said, the clay crumbled on me, and besides that i couldn't get the bead out at all anyway. So i thought "well, maybe i can make a base out of some other material that i can later go in and scrape away from the clay... i mixed up a bunch of corn starch and baby oil, but i couldn't get it to stay in any shape besides just a clump that you squeeze with your hand, so i didn't use that. I saw this tutorial and thought "alright, that sounds pretty good," so i got an icecube tray that has somewhat-misshapened semispheres, melted wax into those, stuck two together, and threw some clay on it. I made balls that were misshaped in their own way, but figured that i can go back in once i got it not-raw and fix that up....
Anyway, i tried this wax method and got real big cracks in them. I guess i didn't make the holes large enough (????) but it'll do for now. I need to add a lot onto them besides fixing the walls, so thanks for the help. ^^
In just my own experiences with polymer clay this is what I think was the main problem. First polymer clay shouldn't crumble like you explain. This could be old clay and had been in some warm temperature (meaning it semi cooked or dried out the clay. I have seen clay that was purchased and taken home and it crumbled. This can be caused by shipping and temperature was to warm for the shipping. This doesn't always happen but it certainly can if someone doesn't know why there clay crumbles. 2nd baby oil in my experience never worked. Using just a very small amount of Vaseline worked out so much better. They are both petroleum. 3rd I don't think the wax was the cause it was the baby oil in the clay. Polymer clay and wax are compatible. The baby oil reacted with the wax also between the two it weaken the polymer clay and cracked. Great idea with the ice cube trays to pour your wax in for a mold. I would suggest trying it one more time without the baby oil. If your needing very soft polymer clay. Have you tried Femo soft?
For my experiences with polymer clay I wouldn't ever add any oil to soften. I would only take oil out never add. I hope you give it another I would love to hear. Just one other thing because you had question marks with maybe you didn't make the holes big enough? When we are ready to cook the raw clay with wax as the core. The hole is big enough to let the wax out. It will be a slow dripping out.
I would like so much to see the next stape many many thanks
Thank you Clair for your interest. As for the bjd videos showing wax and how i set the eyes I already have the tutorials up. Check out my playlist for bjd.
Will the results be the same as when using paper clay or normal clay for bjd?
I use it all the time with paper clay and never once did I have a problem. Make sure your clay is dry before melting.
Fairysnmypond thank you
I wanna make a 40 centimetres doll but I don't know how much clay I would need, maybe 250grams? I just don't wanna buy more clay than what I will use
I would want more then to not have enough. You have to consider if there are mistakes and corrections.
Fairysnmypond yeah, but anyways If I buy too much then I'll end up not using it, and I'm also in a budget
I would love to see how you do this please.
Videos have already been made.
Hai madam I am in India I like to learn this arts Pls kindly reply me are u teaching me madam
Do you know where i can find a doll class in kansas city missouri? I want to learn how to make dolls paper mache' clay
+Tia Garcia I don't know of anyone because I'm using polymer clay. I could suggest doing a search for paper mache dolls and see if they offer classes. I'm sorry I couldn't help more.
Fairysnmypond I have searched for doll classes..for a long time ..I desire to have a hands on class that's how I learn ...thanks so, much for you feed back blessing Tia
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Thank you Barbara
please share the eye technique :)
Check out my videos it has already been shown.
Where do u get polymer clay
In our craft stores or online. Just google in polymer clay and you will see a bunch to choose from.
please show us your eyes technique
+Debora Esteves Thank you for viewing and commenting.
how do you do the eyes
Here's the video how I drill them out and set them in.
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Why don't you make a doll for kids to do?😄 with adults around 😆😀
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Glad you enjoyed. Thank you for commenting.
I am going to make a regular flour dough ball. And when it gets hard, I am gonna use that hard ball for to make doll's head. And after baking it, I will crack the doll's head and take ball out of her head... hahahaha..!!!!!! How's my sculpy ? :)
It all depends on each individual to what mediums you like and how they work. As for Sculpy its a brand that doesn't work for me but do know a lot of people that love it. Again its what works for who.. Thank you for commenting.
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