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Art Class – Make Baby Sea Turtles
November 17, 2022 Art Class Make Baby Sea Turtles Crescent City Art 1228 2nd St. Crescent City CA 707-460-1414 Been working all week to prepare for the class. I have a decent selection of baby turtle figurines in various sizes to choose. The largest for the class is around 4 1/2″ and the smallest are…
Press Mix into Sea Turtle Mold
Prepare the silicone mold. Spray non stick oil or rub the mold with vasoline or a small amount of dish soap to allow easy release of the mix onto the baking or drying surface. In this case, I use a food dehydrator and non-stick sheets. Smallest turtles take about 3 to 4 hours to dry…
Mix CelluClay
Product instructions for Celluclay When dry, Celuclay is extremely hard and duragbe, however once in a while a weak spot shows up after the mix has dried and something will snap off, usually in the sanding stage. It’s all glueable at this stage, and usually nothing breaks again in such cases, but I like to add…
Prepare Sea Turtles for Painting
Every figurine needs a bit of sanding and preparation for painting. Sanding sticks come in very handy to reach tight spots the Dremel can’t touch. Save some of the dust from the shavings. Mix this extra fine celluclay dust with a bit of water and use to fill in holes or fix imperfections. Allow to…
Prepare Turtle Mold for Casting
It is not necessary to make hard copies of the clay models but eventually the silicone molds break, so if you like a design, make a couple of hard copies for posterity. Next Step, mixing the clay.
How to Make Sea Turtles with CelluClay
In anticipation of teaching a class this month on how to make, bake and paint sea turtles using the Activa product CellUClay, I put together a tutorial that should explain the step by step process. The first step is to create a figurine or sculpture to use as a mold. I like to use polymer,…
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