Apoxie Sculpting 101 Class 1 (Introduction)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2019
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This is the type of content I’d expect to pay for, but here it is just free for the watching. Very thankful for this video! Your sculptures are absolutely phenomenal! You’re so talented. The hair on that one example piece was just *chefs kiss*. I recently bought some apoxie because I’ve always wanted to sculpt stuff, so I’m learning all I can before I go in.
Thank you for sharing your use with Aves Apoxie & Safety Solvent. So well done and so very appreciated!
What is the brand name for the safety solvent.. LOL I’m 69 years old and excited to learn this today.. Can’t wait to learn how to do this.. I boondock out in the desert for 6 months and have just gotten back to working with clay. It’s been 30 years since I have worked in any sort of clay. Was looking for something that was air dry but strong. You’re an amazing artist..I think your work is breathtaking...... Melody..
Only recently began experimenting with this type of clay after becoming frustrated with polymer clay. Love the way I can build up bits at a time and be able to easily get a flawless blend after sanding. Still getting used to the drying and working times.
Ah, thank you for your informative videos! I've dabbled a bit with Epoxy over the years sculpting, but never sculpted outright with it. Now, I may be a rookie with Epoxy, but I'm fairly versed with sanding and carving so I think I have a few good tips for you or anyone who's curious.
1. Instead of using a flimsy exacto knife try some wood carving tools. They come in a variety of shapes and they're incredibly sturdy. They're really not that spendy either. Make sure to have heavy leather gloves or the like.
2. A dremel with variable speeds and ball end tools is indescribably wonderful to work with! And you can really up your game with a flex shaft attachment. It's small and light and you can use it like a pen. (no I didn't make that name up either!)
3. There's micro sanding sticks that can reach into small annoying areas. Or you can just wrap some sand paper around a popsicle stick. Oh, and metal files could be helpful too.
Maybe you've already got this info, but thanks for reading..
Good luck on your journey as an artist. :)
Great tips, thanks!
Thank you for showing me just how compatible many of these mediums are for use together. Something that will definitely help me as I figure out what to start with and mess with / try
Amazing! Thank you for sharing your incredible talent and technical skills.
Simply amazing thank you for sharing I been wanting to dabble in sculpting this certainly inspired me
My goodness!! Your work make my jaw slammed to the floor! This pure god gifted talent...
You provided everything I need to know to get started! Thank You Sooo much. I Will be checking out your Doll Shop STAT!💙
Amazing masterclass!!! Thanks so much for sharing your great talents and techniques.
Such an inspiring video. I could watch your process all day.
Thank you so much for all you invest in making these great videos.
Awesome!! I enjoyed the video so so much. Thank You for posting!
Loved you work and ideas!
Thank you! I'm about to start my sculpting journey!
You are very talented man, we have very similar art and sculpting styles so I really appreciate your work. That picture of your son at the end is hilarious!
I'm not a carver, but use Aves sometimes in mixed media. Love the stuff. Thanks for some great tips that I never thought of. Your faces are beautiful and your details are amazing. I subscribed and will look for more. Good luck Josh!
Great video...ready for the next class :)
Great stuff. Love the gothic music. Nice touch. Love great minds at work...
This channel deserves more love.
Thanks for sharing this! I don't do skulls, but I use my dremmel tool only on occasion because I don't know how to use all the bits and bobs. Seeing videos like this shows me how to use those bits and bobs and thingamajigs since my next project will have a lot of D&D monster sculptures.
This was so helpful, thanks! Great work too! :)
Fantastic Art!!!!!! Wonderful Ingenuity!!!!!
Thanks! Great work! I've played around with apoxie sculpt with minimal success.. Your tips make me want to try again. Wish I could contribute to your patreon to thank you for all the useful info you share.
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Great video!!! Just found your channel - thanks so much ! I appreciated the product reviews at the front too because I need a cheaper filler but definitely want to stay with magic sculpt for my finish - just learning how to sculpt smaller
Obviously the GOAT Of sculpting. Absolutely amazing!
this was so awesome, informative + entertaining. THANK YOU!
You are a true artist. Your talent is amazing.
Josh you’re an amazing teacher.
Great video, love you style!
Just discovered your channel, just what I was looking for. Brilliant work!! Instant subscriber, going to be many hours looking through your videos. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks so much!
Same here found Josh a week ago 😍 thanks for sharing everything ❤️
Very informative and inspiring.
The petroleum jelly tip is great, definitely using that one!
You are so talented - I learned so much from watching you!
Wicked talent man.
Awesome video, very useful information and inspiring. New subscriber.
Thank you sooooo much
This video is awesome , thanks for posting it , new subscriber here 🤙🏽
Ugh what details. Great video
thanks dude!
great info
Wow !,,,You are so talented.
Love all of them! and about the tension of hair strands getting broke, u could use fimo or cernit polymer clay.. great flexibility.. won't break.. n Love the hot glue idea for the branches too! Btw what gold paint did u use on the white skull?? looks great!
Hiba Sharafuddin it looks like he used gold leafing.
@@SteelPhoenyx Oh could be.. Thanks!
Wow! It's very cool, dude
I loved this video. Very informative. I loved the concept models too. Ace. One question, what is the main difference between the smooth on Air and the apoxie clay? Strength?
Freeform Air: Less expensive, Much lighter, more fragile, Much harder to sculpt details, but just fine for carving details after set.
Apoxie Clay: More expensive, Heavy, Very strong, great for sculpting details, takes a little longer to carve due to it's density.
Question: when you are using an exacto knife on the apoxie scultp or free form air, is that piece already cured or are you carving into it while it is still curing but in a stiffer phase? Thanks.
Get some dental tools at a flea market and they will make your life soo much easier. Loved your video, I think I’ll try the clays. Thanks
Try using cheap nail files for detailed work instead of the lumpy sanding block and folded sand paper. Works great!
Ok, I'll give 'em a try, thanks!
You have a fantastic talent! Thank you. How long though before Apoxie sculpt dries? Do you only take little bits out of the tub?If it hardens does the safe solution soften it again? Again thank you for creating. Ive been looking for a way to sculpt figures around twisted wood, and this looks like the perfect answer as it has to harden in place and obviously cant be kiln dried or baked.
The clay sets permanently after about 3 hours. It can not be re-softened. But can be carved, sanded, drilled, etc. And yeah, this is the perfect medium for what you're trying to do!
Free Form Air ROCKS!!!!
Interesting tidbit. Unicorn is in the bible right beside rhinoceros pryer to Webster's dictionary unicorn was defined by one horned. Webster's added horse to the definition. Unicorn referred to the one horned wooly rhino. There is also a 2 horned rhino.
Came for the tutorial...stayed for the metal AF art!
Thank you, I basically purchased everything for my other half
to play with. Is there going to be a class 2?
Yes, when the time is right. (That is: when a project I'm doing is heavily utilizing apoxie clay.)
I'm watching this right after I got home from driving.... about 100 miles to pick up so of this. The art supply store had, the smooth on FF Sculpt and the Air. I picked up the Sculpt and now I'm kind of full of regrets. 😂 Hopefully I can get it to work and I'll explore the other types later. THANKS for such an in-depth video, and wonderful music selection.
thanks so much for this video! just curious what pasta sheeter you recommend? i picture the apoxie sculpt being rough on them wondering about which im going to buy
I've only ever used one. It was whatever I found cheapest 20 years ago, haha. I would start with cheap. I can't imagine there'd be much a difference unless you were going to be squashing clay all day every day!
I’ve never used this medium before so I’m sorry if this is a dumb question, but when you move on to another piece of the project (i.e the horns), do you wait for the previous part to completely cure (i.e the skull)? Amazing work by the way loved the informative video!
Yes, I usually wait for parts to cure before assembly. What I've found is that I design things in more pieces, and so I'm rarely waiting, because my time is filled jumping from part to part.
Josh Foreman Thankyou!!
awesome video! Thank you! What wire did you use for the horns? Also, at what working time did you start carving the clay? I can see it's not soft, but not fully cured either. Do all your sculptures have a mold because I see people just molding over aluminum foil wrapped in painter's tape? I'm new to doing this, but want to learn the correct way. Thank you! :)
You can see how I constructed the horns around the 21 min mark. I start SCULPTING right away. I have to wait about 2-3 hours before CARVING. (These are two different processes) I'm not sure what you mean about the mold. You might mean armature, which is any structure that you build under the material you sculpt with. If that's what you mean, then yes, anything more than an inch thick needs some kind of armature for weight and cost reasons.
@@JoshForeman thank you for your prompt reply
Nice vid! Thanks! I am trying to make kind of "metalic look"(in shape/texture)) pieces. Any advice?
I guess my biggest advice is to work in pieces. All the sanding and carving is easier that way
@@JoshForeman Yes. I just realised it some days ago. You advice comes to give me more confidence that is the best way. Thanks a lot. Sucess!
Is it safe to handle and mold the apoxie sculpt without gloves?
I can't say anything for sure, but according to this tutorial on their website they say it's fine. avesstudio.com/2016/12/aves-apoxie-sculpt-beginners-guide/
Why is the safety solvent better than water? Plus it's so hard to get in the UK.
It keeps the tool lubricated longer and better. Though the difference is not massive. If it's stupidly expensive over there I'd just stick with water.
Why do you feel you can't add layers and sand and carve polymer clay? (8:50) Bake, modify, rebake is my core process, such as it is.
I can't get a solid and predictable 'stick' with fresh poly over baked, especially with thin layers. That, and the relative weakness of polymer just makes Apoxie sculpting more comfortable for me. That said, I am curious to try going back to polymer with these techniques to see what happens.
Does the epoxy stick to the aluminum or it just releases easily? Also what can you recommend to use as a "core" if I want to make it hollow?
It will stick to anything except silicon. If you want a hollow void you should make a plug out of foil or something else you can crumple and remove, but cover it with petroleum jelly before you sculpt your epoxie clay around it.
Questions… on the war skull, was that all the Free Form Air, or were you using Apoxie Sculpt on the details? Was a lot of the carving done after it had cured?
I’m very new to playing with sculpture and the little I have played with the epoxy type clays has been a fascinating journey. I was using Magic Sculpt but giving the Aves products a try. Really digging your videos!
I pressed Free Form Air into the mold to get the underlying skull, then used Apoxie Sculpt for all the details. Magic Sculpt if more or less the same as Apoxie Sculpt, so you shouldn't have any translation issues. Thanks for watching! :)
@@JoshForeman When the Apoxie Sculpt cures, it's like rock; are you doing any carving then, or are you carving just after it hardens a bit? Thanks! Great video!! More more more!!
@@Jwerepoi420 Not quite literally rock hard. But yeah, I carve on it after it's fully cured just fine.
@@JoshForeman Excellent, thank you!! Great work!!
U R cool! This is soo metal!
Josh, have you ever used Laguna Clay WED clay?
I took a mask making class with Jordu Shell and used WED clay there. Never found it useful for smaller stuff though. Why?
On a serious note, how bad are the fumes from the freeform air sculpt? And which has a smoother surface? Apoxie or freeform? Thanks, I await your reply before I order😅
There are no fumes from apoxy clays or freeform air. Slight odors if you stick it up your nose, but I don't recommend using it for life casting your nostrils. Both products will give you as smooth a surface as you want. I will say, the free form air is more porous. That's what makes it so light weight. So technically you'd need more primer and sanding to get it glass smooth. Free Form Air is also not good for detail work. I use it as a filler. If you're starting out I recommend Aves Apoxie Sculpt or Aves Apoxie Clay. They are very very similar.
What grit sandpaper do use on the apoxy
I just have a big tub of various grits and don't even look at the numbers. Just go by the feel. I'll usually start around an 80 or 100 range and work my way finer and finer depending on the need.
You are an amazing artist and talented instructor. Thank you. BTW the music was fine, can't please everyone.
Do you bake this in the oven or does it just set up in its own
sets up in about 3 hours.
@@JoshForeman ok thanks
respirator you using when you’re mixing apoxie clay
Also check invisible gloves at aircraftspruce.com . The military and aircraft industry uses it. Protects against epoxy and other solvents. My hands are too small for disposable gloves so I really like this product. Also helps keep gloves out of landfill and the ocean. They say one tub is equal to about 100 gloves. It’s not greasy or sticky. I thought o wouldn’t be able to use epoxy clay til I found this.
Thank you!
What is the liquid in a cup at 6.07 ?
Oh that's just water. Can't believe I didn't mention that. Thanks for letting me know!
Josh Foreman ok! 🤣 this chanel is the best motivation for me ,thanks!
You art good.
What's the song at 18:40?
lotuswhispers.bandcamp.com/album/poisoning-the-mead
@@JoshForeman thank you! And of course amazing work!!
Does anyone find thinner pieces break easily?
Well it's not like metal. But it's far less fragile than polymer and other clays.
More like I unlocked an achievement for riding a camel as I am not likely to develop this skill further.
new apoxie user,,seems like your clay is much more firmer than mine,its very soft and droopy ,very hard to get details like Im seeing in your vid
What brand are you using?
@@JoshForeman apoxie sculpt,,,cant achieve what I can with sculpey whatsoever.,been trying to do a skull for about 6 hours now and literally looks like crap,,its just a ball with 3 holes looks nothing like a skull,,,just doesnt form firm ,,I've been sculpting for 20 years,,really disappointed and frustrated with this new investment
@@zippygogo3660 hm.. possibly a bad batch. Or you did something I did once where I somehow mixed two lumps of part A together? Does is get hard eventually?
@@JoshForeman Yes it cures normally, when I said 6 hours of working with this stuff I was adding more to the already hardening ball of crap I was working with,This stuff is just too mushy to work with and I cant seem to get any control over details with my tools, I do sculpting similar to Emil Malmoth but with sculpey ,I wanted to do some larger pieces so I figured I would try the same medium as him, epoxy clay ,but I cant do anything with this stuff,,,after mixing the two parts ,do you let it sit for an hour or so to be more firm and workable ?
@@zippygogo3660 Well like I said in the video, it requires a different mindset and workflow. It's a lot more about blocking out the forms, then carving/sanding after that part is set. Then layering on the next, rinse/repeat. You can wait for it to stiffen for an hour before using it, but that gives you a really small window of working time. I think it's more about accepting that you aren't sculpting all the details in one go like you do with polymer.
Wow
Can these stick to rubber or plastic/z i want to modify barbie’s face..
Yep. People use this stuff for toy mods all the time. I converted an action figure to a Link figure for my son's birthday a while ago.
How DARE you rip the wings off of a unicorn 🥺🥺🥺🥺they are sacred😢😭💔
I have a question. I’m 99% sure that the answer is “no” but would any of these be sturdy enough to make a spanking paddle out of?
Assuming we are talking about consensual adult purposes, I would say this could be used to decorate an existing paddle just fine.
Sorry, the music is too much, distraction is the killer - you want attention, not people walking.
Thanks for the feedback. I've been trying to figure out why this particular video is getting this kind of feedback. Is there a specific part where you can't hear what I'm saying? (Or it's just difficult to hear) Or is it that you don't like the style of the music?