Wednesday

How to Properly Cover a Foam Ball with Clay


Many air-dry clay projects call for Styrofoam shapes as armatures for figure modeling.   Quite a few people have mentioned they are having trouble covering the foam with clay without getting cracks or trapped air.   In the following video, Haydee Miranda demonstrates her method of wrapping a Styrofoam ball with cold porcelain.

Spanish is the language spoken in this tutorial but I think you can follow along even if you don't understand what she's saying!

2 comments:

  1. How do u prevent from getting cracks when the ball dries?

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