Suggested
Uses & Tips

Many Museums and Display Uses, including:

• Used by leading museums around the world, including the Smithsonian Museum, the Royal Provincial Museum in Canada, and the  Field Museum in Chicago. Aves^® products are used to create, add to or repair large and small displays. Original sculptures, dioramas, dinosaur restorations, and wildlife art are some of the projects well suited to use Aves^® products.

• All clays self-harden; no heat required! Non-toxic, no solvents or fumes.

• Clean up with Apoxie^® Safety Solvent or soap and water.

TWO PART CLAYS

• Aves^® two-part clays adhere to ceramic, wood, metal, stone, glass, cement, foam, fiberglass and many plastics.

• Can be sanded, drilled, lathed, and otherwise tooled.

• Accepts paints well.

• Strong, durable and waterproof, with 0% shrinkage.

• Generous 1 to 3 hour working time.

• Available in colors and metals.

ONE PART WATERBASED MODELING CLAYS

•  Offer ease of use and economy. Great for detail with fine texture and low shrinkage rate (02%), they dry to a hard finish. They are lightweight, extra strong clays. They are nontoxic, noncracking and nonhazardous. Air drying and curing time of 2 to 6 days depending on project size. They accept all paints and are great for intricate work. Available in colors.

MACHES
Aves^® three maches are strong, lightweight and versatile.
• Aves^® Paper Mache™ contains virgin paper pulp, has a smooth, white body (which can be colored with food colorings), and has a 30 minute set  time.
• Master Mache™ is concentrated and contains no paper. You may use alone or add fillers of your choice up to 50% by volume. It has a grey body and a 2 hour set time used neat.
• Clay and maché. Aves^®ClayShay^™ is  the best of both. It feels like clay and sets like maché. Aves^®ClayShay^™ is for universal applications as a clay or a maché. It is a dry powder ready for use with the addition of water and has about a one hour set time. It offers 0% shrinkage. It has a beige body, is light weight, non-toxic, strong and very versatile.Aves^® ClayShay™ is a new, innovative product!

Museums and Displays

AVES Products Suggested for Your User Group

• Apoxie^® Clay
• Apoxie^® Sculpt
• Apoxie^® Paste
• Apoxie^® Safety Solvent™
• Critter Clay™

• FIXIT^®
• FIXIT^®Paste
• Aves^® Paper Mache™
• Master Mache™
• Aves^® ClayShay™

Customer Projects & Testimonials

 “. . . (this is the) infamous pollen grain I made for the National Zoo at the Smithsonian Institute, out of Apoxie® Sculpt . . .”more

J. Bailey, Rockville, Maryland

Dinosaur Sue’s restoration at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, was completed with the original bones and Apoxie^® Sculpt. . . . more

 Another museum quality T-Rex dinosaur, but this one is completely man made.

All the fine detail is sculpted from the most versatile, unshrinkable, stable compound I have ever discovered . . .more

One more dinosaur . . .
A thin layer of Apoxie^® Sculpt over styrofoam is all it takes to create a lot of detail with little weight. “ . . . it is so strong . . . the outer layer is less than .25 inches thick. The whole model weighs less than 35 lbs.” Rick Spears
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Museum curators and  wildlife artists have overwhelmingly chosen Aves^® products, clays and maches, for use in creating their incredibly life-like exhibits . . . more