Mixed Media in Clay Techniques for Clay, Plaster, Resin and More Darlene Olivia McElroy Patricia Chapman Cincinnati, Ohio CreateMixedMedia.com Thank you for purchasing this Artist Network eBook. Sign up for our newsletter and receive special offers, access to free content, and information on the latest new releases and must-have art resources! Plus, receive a coupon code to use on your first purchase from NorthLightShop.com for signing up. or visit us online to sign up at http://artistsnetwork.com/ebook-promo Contents Special Offers Introduction Types of Clay & Clay Alternatives CHAPTER ONE Clay Monoprints Making Monoprints CHAPTER TWO Clay Casting Making a Mold to Cast With Casting with Plaster of Paris Casting Small Objects Using Clay Casting Small Objects Using Kinetic Sand Casting with Resin Casting with Fiber Paste CHAPTER THREE Molding Putty Making a Putty Mold Putty Molds of Large, Flat or Unusual Shapes Making Homemade Molding Putty CHAPTER FOUR 3-D Casting Making a Mold to Cast With Joining 3-D Cast Pieces CHAPTER FIVE Styrofoam Clay Over a Styrofoam Base Clay on 3-D Styrofoam SHAPES CHAPTER SIX Rock Armatures Clay Covers Rock Clay as Adhesive for a Cairn CHAPTER SEVEN Wire & Wire Mesh Covering Shaped Wire Building Upon Found Wire Sculpting Over Wire Mesh CHAPTER EIGHT Aluminum Foil Sculpting Over Foil Adding On with Clay Over Foil CHAPTER NINE Cardboard Constructing a House Stacking for a Dimensional Figure CHAPTER TEN Gel & Modeling Paste Gel and Modeling Paste Casting with Plaster of Paris Gel and Modeling Paste Casting with Resin Clay CHAPTER ELEVEN Critter Clay Working with Slabs Making Stamps All-Clay Framed Art Creating Beads Coiled Vessels CHAPTER TWELVE Paperclay Paperclay Slabs Paperclay Accents and Relief Adding Color to Paperclay Making Mosaic Tiles Casting a Bowl CHAPTER THIRTEEN Resin Clay Using Resin Clay as an Adhesive Coloring Resin Clay Covering Forms Creating Embellishments and Add-Ons Rolling On Inlays Building Bead Mosaics Making Collage and Jewelry Elements CHAPTER FOURTEEN Clayshay Carving Modeling Stencilling Dipping Making Masks Forming Balloon Bowls CHAPTER FIFTEEN Paper Mache Paper mache on Paper mache Cast and Shaped Paper mache CHAPTER SIXTEEN Plaster of Paris & Plaster Gauze Dipping in Plaster of Paris Plaster Plus More for Backgrounds Frame Casting with Plaster of Paris Making Reliefs with Plaster Gauze Wrapping an Object to Look Old or New Making Plaster Gauze Pages CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Venetian Plaster Applying and Coloring Venetian Plaster Crackle Adding Transfers CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Fiber Paste Making a Fiber Paste Sheet (or Skin) Deconstructing Stencils Embossing Applying on Artwork Fiber Paste Filigree and Ornamentation Building a Freestanding Structure CHAPTER NINETEEN Plastic Modeling Pellets & Strips Making Plastic Pellets Pliable Molding Pellets Stamping Pellets Plastic Cabochon with Image Transfer Forming Pellets into Beads Stamping Plastic Strips Molding Strips Melting Strips Together Layering Strips and Die Cutting Homemade Clay Recipes Resources About the Authors