Cold Porcelain and a New Feltie

Well here it is Sunday again and listing time. I just finished this little burro a couple of days ago and made her a garland of morning glories using a recently learned sculpting medium. I found out about cold porcelain quite by accident.   I was looking at some miniature art by Loredana Tonetti that I thought was just the sweetest work I'd ever seen and noticed that she said she used cold porcelain. I googled "cold porcelain" to see just what the heck this stuff is.  I found out that it's made from some very simple household items and it seemed a lot like a play-dough recipe I used to make for my kids.  Here's a link to the recipe I used and some recently learned sculpting  tips. 

• Cornstarch helps Apoxie Sculpt from sticking to you work surface.
• It works better than water for smoothing your Apoxie Sculpt, too.
• When looking for Cold Porcelain recipes, always use ones with some type of oil to prevent your work from cracking.
• Cold porcelain shrinks quite a bit. So sculpt your pieces at least 20 % larger than you want the finished piece.
• Soak your dishes imediately after making this stuff. It's really hard to remove once it's dried.
• Magic markers work great for adding color to small amounts of cold pocelain. But don't use your best markers. I ruined a couple. I used gouache to color a lot of it.

As for little Belle, she goes up for auction tonight at the usual time. Her reserve price is $135.00 and her Buy It Now price is $224.00.  She stands 6 inches at the shoulder and has Apoxie Sculpt hooves.  She was one of my more time consuming pieces, taking nearly 7 days to complete. I hope you all like her.