+Kit Silver He has a rubber paintbrush. How is that not an all encompassing, comprehensive introduction to working with clay, including the various techniques for sculpting and other uses, and pointers that might actually be useful.
+girass as a person who is relatively new art of clay, i was just kinda hoping for more information, i love these guys and i wanted a good half hour video.
I love all these videos with Frank. I wish Tested would do a complete from design all the way to mold-making video series on making figurines or silicone stop-motion puppets.
1:10 2 types of water based clays that are typically used em210 = white clay Em 217 =WED clay 1:50 em210 is about 25$ for that box 2:45 WED is better for sculpting, it won’t shrink and crack as fast due to mineral oil content 3:00 Mike Hill almost sculpts exclusively in wed clay A wed clay can sit in box packaging for a year and still be fine with the plastic on it 3:30 white clay for mold making/ making the mold that will make silicone casts out of
Combining a couple of your previous subjects. If you wanted to sculpt a figure around an movable armature for stop motion photography, what would you use?
If "shop tips" is a series...how to get a list of all and only all "shop tips" episodes to watch a number of them in a row? They don't seem to be tagged ot listed in any way.
Hi tested! Good luck with all of your projects in the future, I'm exited to see more! Also, will Jamie and Adam still busts myths, but on this channel?
I don't think WED clay has oil in it, cause that would make it an oil-based clay, not a water-based clay, and it wouldn't air dry; not to mention oil and water don't mix. Online listings says it has added glycerine, which is a humectant that makes it dry slower.
Interesting but you didn't cover how to keep white clay moist while working with it, how to clean the tools especially if you only have one set but have tried oil based clay. Disposing of used clay etc. This is a could be better episode!
Katherine Hannaford keeping the white clay wet while working is easy. just have a spray bottle with water handy and spray it in between when it starts to dry out. when you have to leave it you spray it liberally with water and cover the project in a plastic bag. cleaning the tools use a regular scotch bright to clean them and as for getting rid of used clay. you don't. Throw it in water and leave it to soak it up. it will become malleable again or you can use it to make slip which is one part clay one part water mixed into a paste which allows you to put separate pieces like an ear or a nose onto a larger piece so that it stays in place and essentially becomes one piece. I learned This at school hope that helps
Katherine Hannaford PS under no circumstances do you want to breathe in the residue its bad for your lungs so once your hands get too white wash them off and start again or spray your hands with water. thats also a good indicator your clay is drying out
Those are mold spots. Some sculptors add a splash of bleach to water to spray it with (or dunk), some cut it off, some throw it out and get new clay. I believe it's actually glycerin, not oil. The Laguna website has an SDS sheet with more information.
Diresta's Tips videos are all about his preferred methods as well, but they are about 10 times as long, so they do feel more in depth. I think working with water-based clay is probably far more intuitive than some of the tricks Diresta comes up with though, it was probably hard for them to pad it out much longer!
I really enjoy these Tip segments but I always feel like Frank is avoiding eye contact with the camera and looking at the side of Nom's head. Talk to us Frank.
Im an artist and I just started using clay. I'm getting cracks in my sculptures as I create them. I make my clay from refining red dirt. It's great but cracks easily, and I have to add water a lot.
You might be getting cracks because of what the clay is made out of, if you have to money to invest into buying premade clay, that will probably help you prevent cracking. Otherwise, I would research more into what "professional" clays are made of and try to incorporate those into your own clay. I hope this helps
You'll probably want it to dry a bit more. Allow the pieces to get closer to a "leather-hard" consistency, then try to build with it once its more sturdy. Dry enough to be sturdy but not too dry that you can't carve or manipulate it .
I love the idea of shop tips, but these videos have been more introductory information rather than tips. These people are experts in their field, I don't want to watch Frank Ippolito do a 5 minute summation of clay tools 101. Buy a hot glue gun! This is like junior-college art class.
To be great at anything one must first learn the basics. Let's use a sports illustration shall we. Even in the NBA each player on every team spends about the first hour of practice in basic dribbling, passing, and shot taking.
I don't expect Tested to release an hour long clay basics course, but they've skipped some essential tools for even a summation. Loops, awls, sponges, slips, buckets, bats, storage bags, spray bottles. Maybe Frank doesn't use these things, but he's definitely got more helpful tips than cutting even slabs and smoothing clay.
+Ray Manning The thing is this is a shop tips video, I expect a guy who's worked with clay for years to give me some information he's picked up along the way that's not already readily available on the internet. A kind of time saver or easier way to do something. Don't even get me started on the video about pouring.
This is so weird, I just emailed Frank Ippolito about what kind of clay I should use for a particular project I had in mind. and like 2 days later this video is posted. Lol
Thanks for sharing your awesome videos. Could you recommend a good place to order 50lb bags of ultracal 30? It would be much appreciated. Thanks, Brian M
+danielpants The last one. He made the clay figures from the gaming table in the falcon. www.tested.com/art/movies/558053-making-stop-motion-holochess-star-wars-force-awakens/
I knew most of this Minoring in Art in Highschool.. Waterbased clay is fun to play with, but you always have to keep it wet or well it will dry out.. A wet cloth over it will keep it plenty moist. This video didn't even cover the very basics, and is misleading..
You guys have to get to the point and teach me something useful. Its a shop tips video, not an intro to clay. I don't care how the clay is shipped and how much it ships in, I'll figure that out on my own. The only useful thing I can take from this video is that which clay to use for what, and I guess how to flatten it or make dimples. I mean this isn't helping me much, I want this series to be good, but go watch some Jimmy Diresta shop tips, the man does them a lot better.
This video Barely scratched the surface of what I wanted to know.
+Kit Silver thats how "free" stuff works
+Kit Silver He has a rubber paintbrush. How is that not an all encompassing, comprehensive introduction to working with clay, including the various techniques for sculpting and other uses, and pointers that might actually be useful.
+girass as a person who is relatively new art of clay, i was just kinda hoping for more information, i love these guys and i wanted a good half hour video.
+Kit Silver I thought this was a pun
+Misha K holy fuck i can see it now, i honestly wanted to know more about clay.... my idiot fingers are funnier than i am... that is cool.
I love all these videos with Frank. I wish Tested would do a complete from design all the way to mold-making video series on making figurines or silicone stop-motion puppets.
This stuff is really interesting. Can you do videos on making molds and stuff with clay? That matrix mold making sounds cool
+keith lavin Search the channel for "How to Mold and Cast a Lightsaber!".
+keith lavin Head over to Bill Doran/Punished Props RUclips, he did the District 9 rifle for the guys and has a great series about mold making.
Well this brings back memories, I was on a half-a-year clay crafting course about 10 years ago. Remember all those tools.
1:10
2 types of water based clays that are typically used
em210 = white clay
Em 217 =WED clay
1:50 em210 is about 25$ for that box
2:45 WED is better for sculpting, it won’t shrink and crack as fast due to mineral oil content
3:00 Mike Hill almost sculpts exclusively in wed clay
A wed clay can sit in box packaging for a year and still be fine with the plastic on it
3:30 white clay for mold making/ making the mold that will make silicone casts out of
Cool now I know that there are at least 2 tools to sculpt clay with. Thanks Tested for feeding my brain
sad I know but never got to do it before, finally a clay episode!!!
Combining a couple of your previous subjects. If you wanted to sculpt a figure around an movable armature for stop motion photography, what would you use?
I'd love to see a time-lapsed (or otherwise abbreviated) construction video of some clay mold or object, it'd be cool to see these tools in action.
frank is best.
If "shop tips" is a series...how to get a list of all and only all "shop tips" episodes to watch a number of them in a row?
They don't seem to be tagged ot listed in any way.
this is great, i just started working with clay, and i don't really know wtf i'm doing, thanks for the upload!
good, that's the way i like it
+topbob XD best comment answer ever...
The oil in wed clay is glycerin
More of this would be nice!
Man this takes me back to middle school art classes.
Hi tested! Good luck with all of your projects in the future, I'm exited to see more! Also, will Jamie and Adam still busts myths, but on this channel?
+Tarukai Samurai Nope, this is more a channel for those interested in making things.
I wanna start sculpting what clay should i start from?
I don't think WED clay has oil in it, cause that would make it an oil-based clay, not a water-based clay, and it wouldn't air dry; not to mention oil and water don't mix. Online listings says it has added glycerine, which is a humectant that makes it dry slower.
Interesting but you didn't cover how to keep white clay moist while working with it, how to clean the tools especially if you only have one set but have tried oil based clay. Disposing of used clay etc. This is a could be better episode!
Katherine Hannaford keeping the white clay wet while working is easy. just have a spray bottle with water handy and spray it in between when it starts to dry out. when you have to leave it you spray it liberally with water and cover the project in a plastic bag. cleaning the tools use a regular scotch bright to clean them and as for getting rid of used clay. you don't. Throw it in water and leave it to soak it up. it will become malleable again or you can use it to make slip which is one part clay one part water mixed into a paste which allows you to put separate pieces like an ear or a nose onto a larger piece so that it stays in place and essentially becomes one piece. I learned This at school hope that helps
Katherine Hannaford PS under no circumstances do you want to breathe in the residue its bad for your lungs so once your hands get too white wash them off and start again or spray your hands with water. thats also a good indicator your clay is drying out
what are the black spots in the WED clay? how will it dry out completely if it has mineral oil in it ?
Those are mold spots. Some sculptors add a splash of bleach to water to spray it with (or dunk), some cut it off, some throw it out and get new clay. I believe it's actually glycerin, not oil. The Laguna website has an SDS sheet with more information.
Can this be more tips than just what Frank uses. I think you should try to make this a bit more like Diresta's tips videos., much more to the point.
Diresta's Tips videos are all about his preferred methods as well, but they are about 10 times as long, so they do feel more in depth. I think working with water-based clay is probably far more intuitive than some of the tricks Diresta comes up with though, it was probably hard for them to pad it out much longer!
used to do wet based clay at school, made a little bowl, was cool
It's WED, not wet.
+NinjaNerd oh well
lol
+cmb6062 profile pic checks out.
I really enjoy these Tip segments but I always feel like Frank is avoiding eye contact with the camera and looking at the side of Nom's head. Talk to us Frank.
wet clay same as paper/air dry clay?
mum ill make a video tutorial today " how to use water based clay " OK but take your little brother with you .. . .
Is it possible to turn a water base clay to oil base clay? dry up water clay and mix in with oil/wax?
lol, Laguna is the clay I use for my pottery, literally tested 100+
Frank is awesome
That was a nice 7 minutes video but I would have wanted to know everything a Master Of Fine Arts in sculpture would know after years of practice.
Chris Kyle died in the united battle rip
Good video
question about oil clay. my sculpt was in a box and the oil (i assume) sweated out the sculpt cracked and wont stick on the base anymore. any ideas?
This was more an introduction to clay than it was a tip on anything about using it.
where can u find the tools an clay at a reasonable price or those that cant paid for the highend stuff?
does frank have his one youtube account
can you use polyurethane rubber on water based base clay
I got the white clay, and i had to literally spit on my hands every minute, i've lost my shit!
Im an artist and I just started using clay. I'm getting cracks in my sculptures as I create them. I make my clay from refining red dirt. It's great but cracks easily, and I have to add water a lot.
My clay is cracking when it starts to dry too (it"s a nightmare). Did you find a way to prevent this from happening?
You might be getting cracks because of what the clay is made out of, if you have to money to invest into buying premade clay, that will probably help you prevent cracking. Otherwise, I would research more into what "professional" clays are made of and try to incorporate those into your own clay. I hope this helps
Thanks. I appreciate your advice
Hi can you please tell us ingrindients to make water based clay? I did dug and make my own and it did crack too much
That clay seems too soft for a silicone mold , is it not? How do you keep it from caving in?
You'll probably want it to dry a bit more. Allow the pieces to get closer to a "leather-hard" consistency, then try to build with it once its more sturdy. Dry enough to be sturdy but not too dry that you can't carve or manipulate it .
I just looked this up today - talk about synchronicity.
wheres adam?!
any shop from where i can buy these clay ??
"order of operations"
norm
I love the idea of shop tips, but these videos have been more introductory information rather than tips. These people are experts in their field, I don't want to watch Frank Ippolito do a 5 minute summation of clay tools 101. Buy a hot glue gun! This is like junior-college art class.
To be great at anything one must first learn the basics. Let's use a sports illustration shall we. Even in the NBA each player on every team spends about the first hour of practice in basic dribbling, passing, and shot taking.
thats all basketball is
I don't expect Tested to release an hour long clay basics course, but they've skipped some essential tools for even a summation. Loops, awls, sponges, slips, buckets, bats, storage bags, spray bottles. Maybe Frank doesn't use these things, but he's definitely got more helpful tips than cutting even slabs and smoothing clay.
+Ray Manning
The thing is this is a shop tips video, I expect a guy who's worked with clay for years to give me some information he's picked up along the way that's not already readily available on the internet. A kind of time saver or easier way to do something. Don't even get me started on the video about pouring.
"kidney tool" hah! That makes sense. Looks like one. Who knew.
you use the em 2 10 on face off right
WED clay has glycerin from what I understand, not oil. It wouldn't be water clay if it had oil!
The Laguna website states this.
This is so weird, I just emailed Frank Ippolito about what kind of clay I should use for a particular project I had in mind. and like 2 days later this video is posted. Lol
what about sculpt clay at HTC vive? :D
0:56 add heat. Frank is like WTF
I knew WED, but not from clay, from WDW!
Can anyone share a good cheap sculpting wed clay in the uk?
Thanks for sharing your awesome videos. Could you recommend a good place to order 50lb bags of ultracal 30? It would be much appreciated. Thanks, Brian M
Wait, Frank worked on Star Wars? Which one?
+danielpants The last one. He made the clay figures from the gaming table in the falcon. www.tested.com/art/movies/558053-making-stop-motion-holochess-star-wars-force-awakens/
Remember to wash your hands before and after working with clay, so you don't contract Lynks Disease.
what?
Dat moment when you see Frank's name in the end of Star Wars The Force Awakens :O
I can't sculp with that, the material is so unwilling to be stuck with other pieces and stuff...
HI
its wedclay my dudes
clay what?
my water clay cracks a lot
that was it? I didn't learn anything.
Water based clay...
Wrench said it in 3 words, while they're didn't manage to do it in a 7 minute video, gg
can i make WED clay by mixig white clay with oil?
WED stands for Walt E. Disney.
Rob Riggle in a beard I'm telling you
3
I knew most of this Minoring in Art in Highschool.. Waterbased clay is fun to play with, but you always have to keep it wet or well it will dry out.. A wet cloth over it will keep it plenty moist. This video didn't even cover the very basics, and is misleading..
Nice wig Norman.
could do you a proper polymer clay tutorial, not making an ear
I hope that's dye on his hands....
You guys have to get to the point and teach me something useful. Its a shop tips video, not an intro to clay. I don't care how the clay is shipped and how much it ships in, I'll figure that out on my own. The only useful thing I can take from this video is that which clay to use for what, and I guess how to flatten it or make dimples. I mean this isn't helping me much, I want this series to be good, but go watch some Jimmy Diresta shop tips, the man does them a lot better.
Agreed. The only thing preventing this from being a big waste of time was its brevity.
EXTRA THICC......
Fifth
5th
You are the first!
first
USELESS BACKGROUND MUSIC
Blah blah blah blah...
I wasn't sleepy before watching the video but now I can't keep my eyes open. Super boring.
What the hell do you expect from clay tips?!?! A bloody circus?