Happy Wednesday and today is the day!!! Susan back and as promised, I'm here to share my "Fairy" project that is featured in a special bloghop today. CLICK HERE to go there. Don't forget...there's a special coupon for Amazing Crafting Products at the end of this post, too!
This project began with a little goodie that was included from an Etsy team-member I purchased some holiday soap molds from. She included this sweet fairy bar of molded goat's milk soap. So I have been saving this for a special Amazing Mold Putty adventure....turns out it's evolved into a whole fairyland altered shadowbox project.
I mixed up a good amount of Amazing Mold Putty to cover the front and all sides of the soap. It's about the size of a trading card and the square part of the soap below the relief is about 1/2" thick. I made the mold around the bar and I can use it for just the relief of the fairy - or as more of a sculptural piece.
A little note about the results...as it turns out goat's milk soap is very soft and delicate {but smells lovely}. It wasn't harmed by the mold putty - but the heat of the curing process of the mold putty sort of melted the soap into the edges of it. I had to put it in the freezer for about an hour {because this particular mold is so thick} to help accelerate cooling and release from mold putty. I had to pull a little to get it started, but it worked! My bar of soap has a slight tint of yellow now, but it's a success!
This project began with a little goodie that was included from an Etsy team-member I purchased some holiday soap molds from. She included this sweet fairy bar of molded goat's milk soap. So I have been saving this for a special Amazing Mold Putty adventure....turns out it's evolved into a whole fairyland altered shadowbox project.
I mixed up a good amount of Amazing Mold Putty to cover the front and all sides of the soap. It's about the size of a trading card and the square part of the soap below the relief is about 1/2" thick. I made the mold around the bar and I can use it for just the relief of the fairy - or as more of a sculptural piece.
A little note about the results...as it turns out goat's milk soap is very soft and delicate {but smells lovely}. It wasn't harmed by the mold putty - but the heat of the curing process of the mold putty sort of melted the soap into the edges of it. I had to put it in the freezer for about an hour {because this particular mold is so thick} to help accelerate cooling and release from mold putty. I had to pull a little to get it started, but it worked! My bar of soap has a slight tint of yellow now, but it's a success!
Then I filled the relief part of the mold with Creative Paperclay™ and let dry. I also put this into the freezer for about 15 minutes so that I could get it out of the mold to dry faster by placing it in the toaster oven at the very lowest toast cycle a couple of times. I let it cool completely between cycles because the paperclay likes to puff up like a donut when it gets too hot.
My little fairy frozen charlotte is born!
The lovely detail of my Fairy Frozen Charlotte is painted, worn and weathered.
Please CLICK HERE to see my finished piece.
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I hope you enjoyed today's project. I encourage you to stroll around through the many AMAZING projects from the other Amazing Mold Putty Design Team members for some great tips and ideas! If you have any questions, please leave a comment, select receive e-mail follow ups on comments and I will respond. If you would like to see more of my creations, please visit my blog sbartist : painting in the dark by clicking here.
Have a fabulously creative day! Sb : )
This fairy is so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteOMG - that is gorgeous, have you done this in resin yet, I'd love one of these pieces. Incredible. TFS
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