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Crayola Model Magic
Bibelots Bibelots@aol.com
I have used this with colored pencil with good results but it only worked with Prismacolor pencils, not with a couple of other cheaper brands I had around. Deborah
I have used this with colored pencil with good results but it only worked with Prismacolor pencils, not with a couple of other cheaper brands I had around. Deborah
Betty Goetz Haika@haika.com
I have to admit that the texture of the product I'm working with is nothing like styrafoam. Someone mentioned a comparison to that mediumm and although the Model Magic is very lightweight when cured, it doesn't have the brittleness of styrafoam or the "foamy" texture. It's really quite dense, not airy in texture. I can take those little African mask faces I impressed into flattened discs and rolled them up into teeny balls, squish them, stomp on them and otherwise "distress" them without any apparent result. I think I could readily tear them into pieces, but I haven't really wanted to try that. I think they will make lovely dimensional card embellishments, especially in the ethnic collage I love doing, once I figure out my favorite coloring techniques. Those new coppertone acrylics I just picked up may do the trick, along with some ebony Rub-n-Buff and/or other mini metallic rubons (which I refer cuz they come off my fingers like the rub-n-buff doesn't!) Won't know until this week end. Some of the pieces have a marbled look already, since I mis-stamped several times with pigment ink and simply rolled the stuff into another ball to be flattened and impressed. I do have to admit that I like the "lively" look that the carved lines from my Mars Staedtler Grand eraser carvings "add" to the impression.
I have to admit that the texture of the product I'm working with is nothing like styrafoam. Someone mentioned a comparison to that mediumm and although the Model Magic is very lightweight when cured, it doesn't have the brittleness of styrafoam or the "foamy" texture. It's really quite dense, not airy in texture. I can take those little African mask faces I impressed into flattened discs and rolled them up into teeny balls, squish them, stomp on them and otherwise "distress" them without any apparent result. I think I could readily tear them into pieces, but I haven't really wanted to try that. I think they will make lovely dimensional card embellishments, especially in the ethnic collage I love doing, once I figure out my favorite coloring techniques. Those new coppertone acrylics I just picked up may do the trick, along with some ebony Rub-n-Buff and/or other mini metallic rubons (which I refer cuz they come off my fingers like the rub-n-buff doesn't!) Won't know until this week end. Some of the pieces have a marbled look already, since I mis-stamped several times with pigment ink and simply rolled the stuff into another ball to be flattened and impressed. I do have to admit that I like the "lively" look that the carved lines from my Mars Staedtler Grand eraser carvings "add" to the impression.
Betty Jones bj1212@aol.com
I have just finished doing some button covers I pressed a purple bunny impression into a small round of white model magic for button covers. I hot glued it onto a button cover, which didn't work.The model magic peeled right off. So I backed the round with a piece of cardstock and used rubber cement.
I have just finished doing some button covers I pressed a purple bunny impression into a small round of white model magic for button covers. I hot glued it onto a button cover, which didn't work.The model magic peeled right off. So I backed the round with a piece of cardstock and used rubber cement.
Betty Goetz Haika@haika.com
I simply take little globs of the stuff, which I roll into teeny balls and flatten with my brayer. The stuff comes in both large resealable tubs and little foil bags, it also come sin various colors but I used the white. I got hte little foil bag, which I've kept in a zip-lock bag after opening, the stuff hasnt dried out yet after several months. This medium cures by being air dried. The thickness of the finished product probably affects drying time, as would temperature and humidity. Mine were pretty thin because I wanted to use them as glued-on embellishments to cards. The first time I experimented, I flattened a bunch of the discs on my cutting board. then I pressed some of my eraser carvings on the pliable surface. I had inked my carvings with pigment ink before pressing them into the model magic. They basically dried within 24 hours and I was able to prise them off the cutting board without any damage or tearing. I just slipped a thin knife blade under one edge and seprated the dried disc from the surface. Next time I'll do this on wax paper. They were light as air when dried and I could curl them into little balls without damaging the surface. I use either E600 or 527 for my glue. Then I paint them with various diluted acrylics and gouache in earthy tones and rubbed mini metallic rubons on them as well. I haven't found the perfect way to color these so that they scream YES !...but I've been pleased with what I've done so far. They also seem to be very resilient in the mail, unlike sealing wax.
I simply take little globs of the stuff, which I roll into teeny balls and flatten with my brayer. The stuff comes in both large resealable tubs and little foil bags, it also come sin various colors but I used the white. I got hte little foil bag, which I've kept in a zip-lock bag after opening, the stuff hasnt dried out yet after several months. This medium cures by being air dried. The thickness of the finished product probably affects drying time, as would temperature and humidity. Mine were pretty thin because I wanted to use them as glued-on embellishments to cards. The first time I experimented, I flattened a bunch of the discs on my cutting board. then I pressed some of my eraser carvings on the pliable surface. I had inked my carvings with pigment ink before pressing them into the model magic. They basically dried within 24 hours and I was able to prise them off the cutting board without any damage or tearing. I just slipped a thin knife blade under one edge and seprated the dried disc from the surface. Next time I'll do this on wax paper. They were light as air when dried and I could curl them into little balls without damaging the surface. I use either E600 or 527 for my glue. Then I paint them with various diluted acrylics and gouache in earthy tones and rubbed mini metallic rubons on them as well. I haven't found the perfect way to color these so that they scream YES !...but I've been pleased with what I've done so far. They also seem to be very resilient in the mail, unlike sealing wax.
Sandi Marr rubbereyes@earthlink.net
The other medium that works wonderfullly with this product for coloring is the interference powders and paints. When Donna Grady and I were playing with this one day, she actually used the pigment ink to color the model magic by smearing it on and folding it into the model magic. It gave a very pretty marbled effect.
The other medium that works wonderfullly with this product for coloring is the interference powders and paints. When Donna Grady and I were playing with this one day, she actually used the pigment ink to color the model magic by smearing it on and folding it into the model magic. It gave a very pretty marbled effect.
Kristin Fngsmith@aol.com
I am sure I'm not the first to discover this trick, but I thought I'd pass it along. I had some leftover Model Magic (Crayola) and decided to use it all before it dried. (the bag recommends that it be used once opened) I decided to play around a little with it, and pushed different things into pieces I'd flattened on the countertop. I used stamps, but didn't stop there... I also pressed in a metal moon piece on a frame, and some different patterns I found around the room. I knew already that I could paint it with acrylics or whatever to make a cool medallion or focal point of a collage. That's nothing new... But, think of Penscore... that heatable blank foam block stuff... Keep that in mind as a comparison. (I did not heat this compound as you do Penscore though!) This Model Magic dries to a flexible, light weight, foamy consistency. If you make your imprint, let it dry, and then trim off any "goosh" factor from around the sides, you sort of have a Penscore-esque type of image. It will work as a reverse postive/negative stamp, or as a stamp of an interesting pattern or image. You just ink it up, rubbing with your thumbs to make sure you get all of the inkable surfaces. Then you can print it however works best for you... I tried rubbing the back of the paper with my thumbs, stamping with the mousepad under my paper, and both worked well. The little moon face that I had was slightly convex, and even that imprint will stamp with extra attention paid to the center of the image. It also picked up detail quite well.
I am sure I'm not the first to discover this trick, but I thought I'd pass it along. I had some leftover Model Magic (Crayola) and decided to use it all before it dried. (the bag recommends that it be used once opened) I decided to play around a little with it, and pushed different things into pieces I'd flattened on the countertop. I used stamps, but didn't stop there... I also pressed in a metal moon piece on a frame, and some different patterns I found around the room. I knew already that I could paint it with acrylics or whatever to make a cool medallion or focal point of a collage. That's nothing new... But, think of Penscore... that heatable blank foam block stuff... Keep that in mind as a comparison. (I did not heat this compound as you do Penscore though!) This Model Magic dries to a flexible, light weight, foamy consistency. If you make your imprint, let it dry, and then trim off any "goosh" factor from around the sides, you sort of have a Penscore-esque type of image. It will work as a reverse postive/negative stamp, or as a stamp of an interesting pattern or image. You just ink it up, rubbing with your thumbs to make sure you get all of the inkable surfaces. Then you can print it however works best for you... I tried rubbing the back of the paper with my thumbs, stamping with the mousepad under my paper, and both worked well. The little moon face that I had was slightly convex, and even that imprint will stamp with extra attention paid to the center of the image. It also picked up detail quite well.
Barbara barbara@kans.com
One thing you can do to change the color is to sprinkle a little Pearl Ex on the clay and then work the clay so the Pearl Ex is all mixed up in it. You will end up with little sparkles of gold or silver or whatever color you sprinkled in your clay. As for the ink used to stamp the image my favorite is to use a metallic pigment ink. The metallic inks are available in all sorts of colors now. I have gold, silver, purple, pink and teal all in metallic inks and it looks beautiful on white clay. All I have made with mine has been pins. The images could be anything that is a size that fits on what you are wanting to make.
One thing you can do to change the color is to sprinkle a little Pearl Ex on the clay and then work the clay so the Pearl Ex is all mixed up in it. You will end up with little sparkles of gold or silver or whatever color you sprinkled in your clay. As for the ink used to stamp the image my favorite is to use a metallic pigment ink. The metallic inks are available in all sorts of colors now. I have gold, silver, purple, pink and teal all in metallic inks and it looks beautiful on white clay. All I have made with mine has been pins. The images could be anything that is a size that fits on what you are wanting to make.