Potted Tentacles

[erikamoen]

Comments

[eruannatel]

I would love to purchase some tentacles-in-a-pot, but could you actually do some that arent painted at all? I perfer the soft look of the polymer to the gloss look of the paint.

[erikamoen]

I think I will!

[crango]

You could probably just use acrylic paint thinned with gloss medium, which would also make it shiny.

[erikamoen]

Good idea! I don't know anything about paints

[blackbyrd2]

I just posted on your previous entry about using latex gloves, not realizing you were completely through with this enamel. Still, might be handy for your next paint.

[erikamoen]

I thought about it (we have a box of them here), but my work is so tiny that even those super-tight gloves still have too many wrinkles and flops in them and they get in the way.

But it's a moot point now, anyway ;)

[the_phred]

If there's an art supply shop near you, they should have several ranges of acrylic metallic paints, any of which should be suitable for polymer clay.

One I visited recently had a large sign produced by the staff noting that a particular brand was much favoured by poly clay users, which implies that it's a good-sized market and the staff at any decent art store should know the best brands to use. (Although I bought a jar of the recommended paint, it's at my studio rather than my home, so I can't tell you the specific brand.)

[erikamoen]

Oh, thank you! Very helpful!

If you do happen to remember your brand, please lemme know :)

[the_phred]

That would be Lumiere (manufactured by Rupert, Gibbon & Spider Inc, Healdsburg CA 95448).

A good range of interesting metallics.

[erikamoen]

Thank you!

[quantuminsanity]

I don't know of any paint, but could you seal the clay with something and then use the enamel, or paint it with acrylic and then use a gloss varnish over the top?

[erikamoen]

Thanks for the feedback! I think I'm just abandoning the enamel all together, though. But the acrylic + gloss stuff sounds like the way to go.