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Well surely a post starting with a ceremonial trumpet solo can only be a good thing?
This is a mini tutorial on one way to do heat embossing on clay :) I use it mainly for when I want a deeper colour/texture effect than mica powders.
Just a quickie before hand though!
Remember my texture plate I hand etched? well muggins here broke it while gouging out the lines to make them more defined. Undeterred I used each half of the plate as a stamp and lined them up!
First gather supplies.
Ink up your luck piece of polymer clay, it has already been cured otherwise the powder sticks everywhere! :earned that one the hard way.
Tip over the powder. It will stick to the wet ink. Always place a piece of paper or similarly flexible surface underneath while doing this so you can tip the excess powder back into the jar.
Like so!
I know it looks kinda crusty at this point but have no fear.
Here is a video of me heat embossing in action, sadly I am rather lacking in camera skills and co-ordination when not equipped with a tripod. I think for a normal point and click it is pretty good though.
Here is the finished embossed piece looking all aged and bizzare :)
Well surely a post starting with a ceremonial trumpet solo can only be a good thing?
This is a mini tutorial on one way to do heat embossing on clay :) I use it mainly for when I want a deeper colour/texture effect than mica powders.
Just a quickie before hand though!
Remember my texture plate I hand etched? well muggins here broke it while gouging out the lines to make them more defined. Undeterred I used each half of the plate as a stamp and lined them up!
First gather supplies.
- A Heat Gun is jolly useful
- Heat setting ink, versa colour brand here
- Heat embossing powders
- A piece of textured polymer clay
Ink up your luck piece of polymer clay, it has already been cured otherwise the powder sticks everywhere! :earned that one the hard way.
Tip over the powder. It will stick to the wet ink. Always place a piece of paper or similarly flexible surface underneath while doing this so you can tip the excess powder back into the jar.
Like so!
I know it looks kinda crusty at this point but have no fear.
Here is a video of me heat embossing in action, sadly I am rather lacking in camera skills and co-ordination when not equipped with a tripod. I think for a normal point and click it is pretty good though.
Here is the finished embossed piece looking all aged and bizzare :)
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