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Reptile art!

Did you make an aluminum foil skeleton first and cover it, or is it solid sculpey? and how did you keep the raised bits (like the head) in proper place while baking?
 
I agree with Kathy - one of these would make an excellent Daytona raffle prize! Daytona isn't until the end of August - would be really awesome if you were able to donate one!
They are very well done, very artistic. I wish I had the ability to do stuff like that, I am just not that creative unfortunately!
 
Kels88 said:
Did you make an aluminum foil skeleton first and cover it, or is it solid sculpey? and how did you keep the raised bits (like the head) in proper place while baking?
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I just found a photo of the same Ball Python Michael painted before it was baked...I actually formed it for him, because I developed a kind of technique. At first I just bent tin-foil pillars until they fit underneath the spots I wanted to raise and left them there. I realized half-way through cooking however, that as the tin-foil heats up and the snake hardens, the tin foil pillars start to slip or bend. My correction for that was taken tiny clumps of clay and jamming them at the base of the pillars I was using so that it formed an adhesive to the baking pan. As the snake hardens, so does the base of the pillar making a slip-free armature for the sculpture...Here's a photo I took pre-baking. It should give a basic idea how to do it, though there may be better ways; this one just worked for me...

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I figured it was something along those lines...gotta love aluminum foil! :D
I just asked because it seems the foil would leave a textured spot. I guess it wouldn't matter if it was an out-of-sight place like under the chin and you're painting it a dark color anyways.
Thanks for the reply!
 
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