IT BEGINS

[free_bird_01]

In response to this post a month or so back
http://community.livejournal.com/stretched/3237230.html
I have begun to explore the world of high-quality ceramic plugs. It has taken me WEEKS of research, practice, and pounds of clay to make the closest to perfect sized/shaped/flared/glazed plugs I can (at this point).

Comments

[atrophie]

cool! do you make them on a wheel? i've had a hard time trying to make a consistent wearable area with polymer clay, but i suck at sculpting as it is.
what sort of resin do you use?

[free_bird_01]

off wheel handbuliding all the way

i use this baby
http://www.dickblick.com/zz335/20a/

you were my inspiration to try resin...
what do you use as a mold agent?

[atrophie]

nice, EasyCast is good. mold agent as in what i use to build them, or release resin from them?

[free_bird_01]

build

ive been thinking about oomoo, but i dont know if i want to invest in it...

[atrophie]

i use Oomoo and Dragonskin

[zombie_mayhem]

Do you still cast plugs? If so, how much? What kinds of stuff do you put in them?

:)

[atrophie]

i cast sometimes. i prefer to fill tunnels. i put anything and everything in them except for Swarovski gems...i found that resin dissolves gems!