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AAH - How I use Model Magic. 10/11/19 - Selling Art/Making Art/Creative Process/How to Over the years a common review of my videos brings up the material I love the most. Model Magic is a modeling clay So many people over the years have asked questions about using this clay that I have come up with some popular questions and answers.  Q: What is Model Magic? Glancing at this packing you might think this will too child oriented for any practical use and to a degree this is correct. Using the clay straight from the package leads to major problems such as uneven texture and drying or worse cracking.  Q. How do I fix texture and cracking? To remedy this I use a spritzer bottle filled with water to spray my clay as I am sculpting to keep it hydrated. I will also keep some in a plastic zip-lock bag and spray water in when it begins to dry. By controlling the hydration of the clay it allows for the clay to dry evenly and when it has fully dried (about 4 d...

Pastel Cupcake Rings Hi everyone in this post I am showing off some of my pastel cupcake rings. I used model magic and tinted white clay with pastel craft store paint. There are so many cheap paints to choose from I did not worry about quality. The cupcake bottoms were made with a FuwaFuwa mold (i think) or Padico. The cookies were made with a Padico mold for certain. I love making these and am currently brain storming a plan to have these up for sale.  So this is how I work the cupcakes out and its a process, it usually takes a few days for the clay to dry and I like to work out the colors before hand. Going forward I think I need to plan out how many colors I plan on using because sometimes I was left with more brown wafers and less mint wafers or more mint cookies and less strawberry cookies. As you can see there are all these orange pieces to the right of the screen. I really didnt know why I made them and honestly I did not use them at all except wh...

 Favorites change day by day for some people but I have found some reliable products that I suggest using.  Air dry clay takes about 3 days to dry but that is the minimum I have found. Anywhere from 3-7 days is for any object to be completely dry not just to the touch. I consider clays dry when they are completely dry on the inside and outside. Raccoon Honey I just got so I haven't used it yet. Hearty is a Japanese brand resin clay. Crayola makes Model Magic and their own form of air dry ceramic clay. Creatology is very cheap and good for simple sculptures. I did not include Kutsuwa brand clay since I don't like it very much. I don't like Debika clays either I find them to be along the lines of Kutsuwa clay. Kutsuwa clay - very moist paper clay that is easy to mold, mix with glue to soften the clay if it dries out. Feels spongy when wet but dries hard.  Takes over 5 days to dry hard (not just to the touch but throughout the clay), light weight hard texture when abs...

So my dear new friend Yan (whose name makes the YY) made this case or me. She has an Etsy shop where she has soo many different cases, she makes lovely designs that are all amazing. I love her cases so much I decided to make some myself (and went a little crazy). Mine are definitely different from hers but I can't compare when it comes to her style. I've seen a lot of different decoden shops and very few are not only consistent (without being repetitive) but accommodate different themes. So here is the first case I will show you. Its a sailor moon case and its the most absolutely fabulous case ever! I couldn't make one better myself and I mean that. 

I've been a little bit obsessed with making cell phone cases. I always wanted to do traditional decoden, which is on the cellphone itself. Back  in the day I used to cover my flip phone with stickers, rhinestones and 3D objects but  since smartphones have replaced most flip phones in the US I decided it's not such a good idea to permanently cement rhinestones to my iPhone.   So here is where the cases come in. I remember decoden was sooo big in the 90s! Big nails, big hair, big cell phones....but now bling style is kind of a standard. So the first cellphone case I ordered was from an awesome girl in the UK whose screen name is YYKawaii. She has an Etsy store and makes fantastic cases. I decided to make my own after ordering a total of 5 cases from her. So in here I will include the photo's of all of the cases I have ordered.