In a recent search for an air-dry clay I discovered a modeling compound called Apoxie Sculpt. I decided to give it a try, and I have to say it is fantastic stuff! I have worked with oven-bake polymer clay for a long time and Apoxie Sculpt feels similar, so using it came pretty naturally to me, but there is a pretty big difference between the two. Obviously, oven-bake polymer clay has to be baked to become hard, and even after baking it can break easily. Apoxie Sculpt is a two-part compound that becomes rock hard (!!) in about three hours after being mixed.
Here is the rather ambitious project I originally bought Apoxie Sculpt for. It is a Bald Eagle puppet with moving eyes, mouth, and head. I call him Barrett (a.k.a. Brainy Bird). The Apoxie Sculpt was used for his beak and talons. I should have a video of him in action up here soon.
My latest Apoxie Sculpt project is a Great Dane model that doubles as a business card holder (he can hold cards in his mouth).
If you've been following my blog, you might have noticed that it has taken me at least a year to finish these two paintings on the right. Why? They were very difficult pieces! The painting of the goat (my Nubian named Trot) is the largest painting on canvas I've ever done at 22" x 28". I haven't even varnished it yet because there are still some things that bother me about it that I would like to fix...one day. The painting of the goose involved a lot of confusing reflections and water (I had not painted water in a long time!). I did not spend the whole year working on these, though; I hid them from myself for a while then got them back out and worked on them a little then stored them away again then got them back out and worked on them some more. I hope that never happens again!
