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Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Which shapers to use?

ronelhamaty · Senior Member

I am curios, do you scuplt dolls?

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

I am working on my very first sculpt right now, and I think that getting these shapers will help me. Right now my baby has big dents and creases, which are supposed to be easier to avoid with these shapers. I just want to buy the right ones. Thanks for your interest.

ronelhamaty · Senior Member

Good luck! I hope we will see him/her soon. I also want to try sculpt one (hehehe) I made a couple of items with pottery clay. I know it is not the same, but I will still want to give it a go.

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

I may be showing him/her soon, but baby's face is changing constantly. It seems I'm always cutting off some feature and redoing it. Maybe sometime it will look good enough. Does nobody know which tools I need?

Buffington · Guru

What I can see hun is a set of black handled clay shapers and a wood colored handled paint remover. The clay shapers are what you want. Colorshapers are the brand I believe. But the single double-ended paint remover can be used for clay also but do get the other ones. I have them, both sizes and I love them!

Lucia · Veteran Member

Hi Andrea, I use the smallest one to details, like nose, nails, eyes, or some part that is more small. And the medium to borders, like fingers, toes, parts of the arms, ears, feets...creases...or to flat or smouth some part. I really never used bigs ones. The white ones looks like a little more longer and flexible than the black ones. I prefer the blacks ones, I only have one white, small to work inside the holes of the nose, or inside the ears, and or inside the mounth. I hope it helps you.

Lucia.

-- Edited by Lucia at 02:24, 2009-02-23

Buffington · Guru

Basically in painting class and ceramics class we have used those tools. One color is firmer than the other. I think the darker ones are more firm (don't quote me though lol).

In painting/ceramic class we use them to remove our booboo's if we get paint where we don't want it. They are very versatile tools. I also have a small set I use to remove fired gold or silver from glazed ceramics. They're kind of like windshield wipers! But either or all are nice for sculpting. You can also use a frosting knife or a spoon, or even what we call in ceramics a "fettling knife". Google that one or check with art supply stores.

Tombo · Member

You are right. Black is the most firm and the one I generally prefer. Grey is medium firmness. White is the softest.

Tommie

Buffington · Guru

Thanks for the breakdown Tommie ;)