hello! i recently started to watch your videos and your videos are great and very informational. i am going to buy foam clay, so i decided to research and came across you, now i have some ideas that you can make with foam clay, (also i don't know if they'll work or not) i have been seeing tic tac toe boards all over pinterest, especially the one with pancake board and the X and O's being blueberry and butter, also there is a mushroom jewelry holder, where there are holes in the mushroom leaf to store earrings on.
Hi! :) these ideas sound so cute!! I think I‘ve seen the tic tac toe one before but I didn‘t think to try it 😅 definitely need to look into that!! Right now I‘m working on a little trinket dish, but the mushroom one sounds really cool, also maybe as decoration on the wall and you can store your jewelry on it 🤔 thanks so much 🥰
Hi there, Im beginner to (I believe is foam clay, well it is called "Super light clay") So I found your channel very helpful :) I like to ask, after a long while, does the clay sculptures grow mold (even after it has dried)? I read somewhere saying that this type of light air dry clay will grow mold... Is this true? (Because I want to learn making anime sculpture, and I'd be so sad if it grows moldy later) What is your experience with storing your work? And how well do the last over years? Thank you :)
Hi 😊 welcome!! Ohh thats a good tip with the name, I always get confused which clay has which names 🧐 Need to include this one as well then! Soo with the mold. My oldest figures are about 1 or 1 1/2 years old and they never changed after they dried fully even though a lot of them are in turkey (the country 😅) now (because presents) and its veeerrryyy humid there. They just tend to be a bit more squishy the more humid the air is. But I would never keep them in a bathroom that could be problematic 😅 So I wouldn‘t worry about finished figures. If you want to make them really save, try covering them with UV resin :) But always wear a mask! It‘s a different story with the fresh clay though. I keep mine mostly in the original packages and try to keep as little air in there as possible. I had a big tub of clay which got moldy after there was just a bit left on the bottom. And also some clay I revived where I used too much water got moldy - but it was A LOT of water so that was on me probably 🤔 I hope my essay helped! Feel free to ask about anything :)
@@the.sarahworld Hi there, thank you for answering my question! I'm glad to know that it has not grow mold in your situation. I did think of coating with resin, however- I think for anime sculptures in particular, it doesn't look as appealing with a gloss all over it. It kinda depends on what type of work you make. But for small charms, or cute stuff that is for sure a great idea! I heard too that fresh/unused clay can get mold. I have sealed them in air tight bags in addition to their original bag. lol. I hope it will make them safe. By the way. Im not 100% sure if foam clay and super light clay really is the same. I think they are, but Im new to it. Yesterday I made my first figure. It was kind of hard to work with, because already in the process of shaping the body, I noticed the clay already drying. After I completed my small figure (which took about 4h in total) the figure was pretty much dry! I don't know if it will harden later. It felt really light and actually a bit foamy-ish. (So I assume it is foam clay) I wonder if you have some good tips for something that seem really simple. I don't know if it apply to all clay, but at least this foam clay I was using. When trying to make a sphere, well...any shape. There will be this "wrinkly" side - like, you can see the folded parts that has been pressed/flat. It is ugly on that side... (I dont know how to better explain, but I hope you know what I mean) I tried to smooth it out with water. But the result wasn't ideal. So you have any suggestions (or maybe make a video tutorial?) about how to make each part really smooth. I tried to look online, but they all show a very smooth work process. It cannot be just me? Sorry for the lengthy message lol. I am very enthusiastic as a beginner. :) Thank you again for posting these inspiring and helpful videos and of your hard work! ^^
Soo I did a bit of research and testet something similar to mod podge as a sealer, because they also have a matte option, but my results were just okay - it attracted a lot of dust and stays a bit sticky still after a day of drying 🤔 For now my best results are still with uv resin, but I'm going to look for a matte option too, if I find something I'll let you know! :) And I also looked into the Super light air dry clay, which seems to really be the same as foam clay! And there are some youtubers making anime-style figurines and they seem to always use some water while sculpting to avoid the little cracks from drying. I definitely have to experiment more to find out the best techniques for sculpting even complicated forms. Because the clay dries really really fast, altough it takes a few more days for it to be really fully dried. I also saw some people use water to smooth out the surface after the figure dried a bit, but thats tricky too because if you do this too much the clay gets "crumbly" and sometimes the color afterwards isn't the same as before. But for really simple forms I always start with a ball, which is the easiest to get wrinkle-free. For this I knead the clay really well until it's really soft. Then I start forming a ball - In the beginning I press REALLY hard while forming the ball and get lighter and lighter - this way I get wrinke-free clayballs :) I show this in some of my videos, but I just can't remember which right now... Oh and I think most of those youtubers who make figurines never cover them with anything, or I never saw it. Maybe it's really not necessary? I hope it helped a bit :) I'm always happy to talk about art-stuff!
@@the.sarahworld Thank you for the suggestion. I will try and see how it works. Last time I was blending the colors in, and i just mixed the clay until the color was even. I didnt know you need to knead it. I was also making a ball shape, but even that has side with wrinkles... :( Maybe Im doing it wrong, yeah I couldnt figure out how to make a wrinkle free ball. Even if it sounds so simple. I even tried to look up tutorial, but there wasnt any. Most clay videos are just sped up versions of people making, usually not much comment. But I think the small tips and tricks (that is not noticable or explained in those sped up videos) would be so useful to know. I wish those experienced ppl could share. :( I like to make drawings too, so I look at art videos. I think commentary is always helpful. Because in the video, you may just see someone drawing a circle. But in actual, it can be a technique if you move with your arm, wrist or hand. Or even the pen pressure. That you could not know without the person explaining it.
I can totally understand :) As I'm making more and more videos, I sometimes feel like I explain too much, so in my older videos I tell simple things in more detail I think. ua-cam.com/video/71clCeabkWc/v-deo.html Here at about 5:20 I show how to roll a wrinkle-free ball :) And in a lot of other videos too I think! But I really press hard in the beginning, I think that's the important part. But even this simple thing took me a lot of ugly clay-flowers to find out, so don't worry about that! Even if you know a technique it will always take some time till it comes easy 😅 I totally get the drawing reference - I also love to draw and it took me ages to find out that they use their arm not just their wrist and that this even matters 🥲
So this is actually a real problem with Foam Clay, especially Bohs I noticed. Smoothing out a wrinkle with your fingers is difficult, the clay has to be really fresh and not a bit dry, otherwise you‘ll just create more wrinkles. So my go-to method is avoiding wrinkles from the start by working with really basic shapes. But if you‘ve watched my giant-totoro video you will see a lot of wrinkles there. Using water doesn‘t work so well with this clay, if you really want it smooth I think sanding it when its dry is a good option (always wear a mask for this). But since this is actually a really interesting topic, I may be testing it out in a future video! Who knows, maybe the ultimate method is out there 😁
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hello! i recently started to watch your videos and your videos are great and very informational. i am going to buy foam clay, so i decided to research and came across you, now i have some ideas that you can make with foam clay, (also i don't know if they'll work or not)
i have been seeing tic tac toe boards all over pinterest, especially the one with pancake board and the X and O's being blueberry and butter, also there is a mushroom jewelry holder, where there are holes in the mushroom leaf to store earrings on.
Hi! :) these ideas sound so cute!! I think I‘ve seen the tic tac toe one before but I didn‘t think to try it 😅 definitely need to look into that!! Right now I‘m working on a little trinket dish, but the mushroom one sounds really cool, also maybe as decoration on the wall and you can store your jewelry on it 🤔 thanks so much 🥰
Cute idea! I liked how you showed step-by-step! 🌸🌷
thank you! 🥰 I‘m glad you enjoyed the video!
the kitties are adorable 🩷🩷
o wow! im going to try this tomorrow! many thanks ♡♫
sooo pretty!!!
and im going to make suzuran this way! thank you for inspirations
I‘m not sure who/what suzuran is but I‘d love to see your creations 😄
Watching from Pakistan... really love the work
ohh thank you so much 🥰
Great ideas. Thank you for explaining things so well x
thank you for telling me 🥰 I‘m never sure if it‘s too little or too much explaining 😄
Perfect as you are!
aww you‘re so kind! 🥰
Hi there, Im beginner to (I believe is foam clay, well it is called "Super light clay") So I found your channel very helpful :)
I like to ask, after a long while, does the clay sculptures grow mold (even after it has dried)? I read somewhere saying that this type of light air dry clay will grow mold... Is this true? (Because I want to learn making anime sculpture, and I'd be so sad if it grows moldy later) What is your experience with storing your work? And how well do the last over years? Thank you :)
Hi 😊 welcome!! Ohh thats a good tip with the name, I always get confused which clay has which names 🧐 Need to include this one as well then!
Soo with the mold. My oldest figures are about 1 or 1 1/2 years old and they never changed after they dried fully even though a lot of them are in turkey (the country 😅) now (because presents) and its veeerrryyy humid there. They just tend to be a bit more squishy the more humid the air is. But I would never keep them in a bathroom that could be problematic 😅
So I wouldn‘t worry about finished figures. If you want to make them really save, try covering them with UV resin :) But always wear a mask!
It‘s a different story with the fresh clay though. I keep mine mostly in the original packages and try to keep as little air in there as possible. I had a big tub of clay which got moldy after there was just a bit left on the bottom. And also some clay I revived where I used too much water got moldy - but it was A LOT of water so that was on me probably 🤔
I hope my essay helped! Feel free to ask about anything :)
@@the.sarahworld Hi there, thank you for answering my question! I'm glad to know that it has not grow mold in your situation.
I did think of coating with resin, however- I think for anime sculptures in particular, it doesn't look as appealing with a gloss all over it. It kinda depends on what type of work you make. But for small charms, or cute stuff that is for sure a great idea!
I heard too that fresh/unused clay can get mold. I have sealed them in air tight bags in addition to their original bag. lol. I hope it will make them safe.
By the way. Im not 100% sure if foam clay and super light clay really is the same. I think they are, but Im new to it.
Yesterday I made my first figure. It was kind of hard to work with, because already in the process of shaping the body, I noticed the clay already drying. After I completed my small figure (which took about 4h in total) the figure was pretty much dry! I don't know if it will harden later.
It felt really light and actually a bit foamy-ish. (So I assume it is foam clay)
I wonder if you have some good tips for something that seem really simple. I don't know if it apply to all clay, but at least this foam clay I was using. When trying to make a sphere, well...any shape. There will be this "wrinkly" side - like, you can see the folded parts that has been pressed/flat. It is ugly on that side... (I dont know how to better explain, but I hope you know what I mean) I tried to smooth it out with water. But the result wasn't ideal. So you have any suggestions (or maybe make a video tutorial?) about how to make each part really smooth. I tried to look online, but they all show a very smooth work process. It cannot be just me?
Sorry for the lengthy message lol. I am very enthusiastic as a beginner. :)
Thank you again for posting these inspiring and helpful videos and of your hard work! ^^
Soo I did a bit of research and testet something similar to mod podge as a sealer, because they also have a matte option, but my results were just okay - it attracted a lot of dust and stays a bit sticky still after a day of drying 🤔 For now my best results are still with uv resin, but I'm going to look for a matte option too, if I find something I'll let you know! :)
And I also looked into the Super light air dry clay, which seems to really be the same as foam clay! And there are some youtubers making anime-style figurines and they seem to always use some water while sculpting to avoid the little cracks from drying. I definitely have to experiment more to find out the best techniques for sculpting even complicated forms. Because the clay dries really really fast, altough it takes a few more days for it to be really fully dried. I also saw some people use water to smooth out the surface after the figure dried a bit, but thats tricky too because if you do this too much the clay gets "crumbly" and sometimes the color afterwards isn't the same as before.
But for really simple forms I always start with a ball, which is the easiest to get wrinkle-free. For this I knead the clay really well until it's really soft. Then I start forming a ball - In the beginning I press REALLY hard while forming the ball and get lighter and lighter - this way I get wrinke-free clayballs :) I show this in some of my videos, but I just can't remember which right now...
Oh and I think most of those youtubers who make figurines never cover them with anything, or I never saw it. Maybe it's really not necessary?
I hope it helped a bit :) I'm always happy to talk about art-stuff!
@@the.sarahworld Thank you for the suggestion. I will try and see how it works. Last time I was blending the colors in, and i just mixed the clay until the color was even. I didnt know you need to knead it. I was also making a ball shape, but even that has side with wrinkles... :(
Maybe Im doing it wrong, yeah I couldnt figure out how to make a wrinkle free ball. Even if it sounds so simple.
I even tried to look up tutorial, but there wasnt any. Most clay videos are just sped up versions of people making, usually not much comment. But I think the small tips and tricks (that is not noticable or explained in those sped up videos) would be so useful to know. I wish those experienced ppl could share. :(
I like to make drawings too, so I look at art videos. I think commentary is always helpful. Because in the video, you may just see someone drawing a circle. But in actual, it can be a technique if you move with your arm, wrist or hand. Or even the pen pressure. That you could not know without the person explaining it.
I can totally understand :) As I'm making more and more videos, I sometimes feel like I explain too much, so in my older videos I tell simple things in more detail I think.
ua-cam.com/video/71clCeabkWc/v-deo.html Here at about 5:20 I show how to roll a wrinkle-free ball :) And in a lot of other videos too I think! But I really press hard in the beginning, I think that's the important part.
But even this simple thing took me a lot of ugly clay-flowers to find out, so don't worry about that! Even if you know a technique it will always take some time till it comes easy 😅
I totally get the drawing reference - I also love to draw and it took me ages to find out that they use their arm not just their wrist and that this even matters 🥲
How do you smooth out your bohs clay
So this is actually a real problem with Foam Clay, especially Bohs I noticed. Smoothing out a wrinkle with your fingers is difficult, the clay has to be really fresh and not a bit dry, otherwise you‘ll just create more wrinkles.
So my go-to method is avoiding wrinkles from the start by working with really basic shapes. But if you‘ve watched my giant-totoro video you will see a lot of wrinkles there. Using water doesn‘t work so well with this clay, if you really want it smooth I think sanding it when its dry is a good option (always wear a mask for this).
But since this is actually a really interesting topic, I may be testing it out in a future video! Who knows, maybe the ultimate method is out there 😁
That section where you said 'really' 5 times 😊
I really need an english dictionary 😂
@@the.sarahworld i was 'really' joking😋.. you are alright my dear 😊