Crossing another small hurdle

[musekicker]

Working with a new medium can make me anxious sometimes. More so it there are some health issues that can pop up connected to the medium (( important note, always read the labels on new materials just in case.)) . That all said, I experimented with apoxie sculpt as part of my newest projects that requires some sculpting.

Gloves were required so made sure to wear those. I was also worried about making sure I got the equal parts A and B correct and even then mixed it right. Not exactly the best at eyeballing amounts when I use polymer clay. But it looks like I succeeded.

I just prepared a small amount to attach to the experiment project and detail a bit. Just to see how it'll look when it's cures and see how it looks if I add more of the same material on top of the cured version.

Honestly, really proud of myself for pushing myself on two art related things I've dragged my heels on.

Comments

[galadhir]

This sounds fascinating! Do you have any pictures yet?

[musekicker]

No pictures as of yet as it's very, very early into the process.

The idea itself for the whole piece involves mainly making so many small cardboard building as more of a base, gluing them down to the canvas, using the apoxie sculpt to cover the houses and add detail, painting them after they dry.

There's also the aspect of a sort of ledge/cliff side effect to it (( at least trying for that)) with some balled up aluminum foil hot glued to the canvas.

The glued on foil and a test patch of the apoxie sculpt is where I am on that piece right now. Waiting for the sculpt to fully cure ad see how it came out as of not before continuing my experiment.

Either way, also working of sourcing enough cardboard to make enough houses to fill in more of the canvas (( that shouldn't be really hard thankfully.)) and also going to have to start making some houses from the cardboard I do have.

[galadhir]

That sounds like an amazing project, and a lot of fun. And at least at this time of the year there should be a lot of boxes around that you can cannibalize for cardboard. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out :)

[sankseas]

Oof, yeah, I feel that "new medium" anxiety. A while back, I had to take art classes for different mediums (paint, metal, clay, etc) and it was nerve-wracking. Learned some cool things, but, yeah... Congrats on trying that apoxie, seriously!! Glad it worked out well & good luck on your project :D

[musekicker]

It's tough to get over that new materials fear yeah. That's cool that your art classes pushed you to try new materials though. I'm sure it's come in helpful.

And thank you! I worked with it more last night to cover and detail a part of the canvas. I think my next move after the rest of the apoxie cures is paint it. In the meantime though, many cardboard house bases to make lol.

[sankseas]

They were interesting to learn, yeah :') It's cool to be able to pick up a handmade piece & know a bit of how it was made, even if it's not a medium I personally work with.

Congrats & good luck!! Sounds like a really interesting project you got going on :D