{"id":1197,"date":"2010-01-04T21:09:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2010-01-04T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T21:15:33","slug":"pen-and-ink-and-polymer-clay-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Pen and Ink and Polymer Clay – How To"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pen and Ink Repaired<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been playing around with this technique and I’d like to share with you. The picture above is the bracelet from yesterday’s post<\/a>. I’ve fixed her face.<\/p>\n

The picture below is my daddy’s prototype for a hair color box. I didn’t realize until this morning that I was copying my father. It’s signed on the bottom of the box, E. Lamar Simpson, 1950, the year I was born.<\/p>\n

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E. Lamar Simpson. 1950 prototype Hair coloring box<\/p><\/div>\n

It sits on one of my book shelves in my studio. I love it when it draws my attention like it did this morning. People always ask an artist where they get their inspiration. I’d have to say, everything I have ever seen. I think it is all stored and show itself when you are ready.<\/p>\n

My Dad did a weekly cartoon for our local paper and\u00a0I’d spend time watching him as he drew.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t thinking of this box when I drew my girls. I wasn’t looking at it, but the technique is amazingly the same.<\/p>\n

I began covering my bracelet with black clay. I layered the black with three rectangles of white equal distances apart. On the first bracelet I made, ( Can You Guess?<\/a>) that was all I did. This one I added pieces of my zentangle canes.<\/p>\n

Next step is to bake them. When they were completely cooled, I drew on the white clay. I used a black Micron Pigma pen. Size 01. For the lips I used red.<\/p>\n

I always use this pen to sign my work and heat set it with a heat gun, being careful not to burn the clay. There was too much surface to cover with the heat gun (or maybe the truth is I just don’t have the patience) and when I wore it for a test run, the girl in the picture above had her lips smear. I sanded the bottom half of her face and redrew it with the pen.<\/p>\n

This time I preheated the oven and put it back in for 5 or 6 minutes. That should take care of heat setting it evenly.<\/p>\n

However, I would suggest, if you are happy with a part of a drawing, go ahead and heat set it with your heat gun. If you don’t, you run the risk of smearing it as you move on the the next section.<\/p>\n

That’s it. It you use this technique, I’d love to see what you come up with. Leave me link in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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