Tag Archives: ClayShay

Featured Artist:  Cha Cha Hertz

I make my armatures out of metal, which I design, hand cut out of steel with a plasma cutter, mig welded and then I cover it with aluminum foil (to get the base shape)and add the Clay Shay, prime it, then paint. What I like about making the metal armatures is that it allows me to defy gravity with the birds standing sometimes on just one leg.

Artful Gatherings

Featured Artist - Aves Studio

Meet the Artist: Cristina Zinnia Galliher Artful Gathering was established in 2009 by Cristina Zinnia Galliher. She has been an artist all her life and has been presenting online art workshops and artists for nearly ten years. Prior to the founding of Artful Gathering, Zinnia established Roses On My Table.com, where she shares her art interests […]

Design Earth Elemental Hands

By Claude RaymondThis Stone Elemental Hand is my second build of this type and this one was made with 4 fingers and a thumb making it look a little more human than the first build. It also has a slightly larger “Palm Planter”. The Palm Planters on my Stone Elemental Hands are rubber coated and [...]

Making a base with Aves® ClayShay:

Time to customize! Well, actually this time we’ll be making a base from scratch using Aves® ClayShay. It’s a lightweight compound that feels like clay, but sets up like mache. It’s base form is a powdery pulp you mix with water to form a paper-mush of sorts. The more water you add, the thinner it [...]