Finally making progress
Feb 25, 2018 14:54:26 GMT -8
Post by Tovah_Leah on Feb 25, 2018 14:54:26 GMT -8
Hmm I am having trouble looking up the shrink rate of flumo. But if it is significant this could be an issue for me. However, I DID plan to make my master parts in porcelain, so I have made my sculpey prototype doll roughly 2 sizes larger than I intend for the final product to be.
Hopefully, if my calculations are correct:
Sculpey doll: 21 inches
Porcelain master: 16.8 inches
Final doll: 13.4 inches (roughly 34 cm)
I realize there may be some margin of error, but I do believe my final product should be between 13 and 14 inches if my starting point is where it is, which is roughly 21 inches.
I could also cast my next set in wax to refine my parts, which was my original plan. I know that wax has a very minor shrink rate. When I discovered flumo I was thinking of doing that instead because the idea of wet casting is not ideal and I have not worked in wax before so there is a learning curve. Also, because I will be unable to get my sculpey parts as refined as I was hoping before moving on to wax or porcelain, the flumo gave me some freedom to work with air drying clay like ladoll, or adding sculpey, so that they could be as refined as possible before my next step.
I would prefer to avoid making many, many molds of pieces which are too unrefined.
Hopefully, if my calculations are correct:
Sculpey doll: 21 inches
Porcelain master: 16.8 inches
Final doll: 13.4 inches (roughly 34 cm)
I realize there may be some margin of error, but I do believe my final product should be between 13 and 14 inches if my starting point is where it is, which is roughly 21 inches.
I could also cast my next set in wax to refine my parts, which was my original plan. I know that wax has a very minor shrink rate. When I discovered flumo I was thinking of doing that instead because the idea of wet casting is not ideal and I have not worked in wax before so there is a learning curve. Also, because I will be unable to get my sculpey parts as refined as I was hoping before moving on to wax or porcelain, the flumo gave me some freedom to work with air drying clay like ladoll, or adding sculpey, so that they could be as refined as possible before my next step.
I would prefer to avoid making many, many molds of pieces which are too unrefined.
