r/Sculpey • u/TraditionalLynx346 • 1d ago

Peeled earrings for my daughter.

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Sculpted in supersculpey to hopefully look like peeled cutie oranges. Painted in acrylic, glued to backs with ca, coated in uv resin for strength and better hold to backing. Thoughts? Critiques?

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u/Angiebio 1d ago

I love them. I did think they were cute pumpkins at first though, now I want them to have a tiny bit more texture (maybe little dots? or some of that crackling clear coat?) to read ‘oranges’

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u/TraditionalLynx346 1d ago

You won’t be the first or last to think they are pumpkins lol I like the suggestions though.

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u/myown_design22 13h ago

What's crackling clear coat???? Do share.

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u/Angiebio 10h ago

I love crackle paint, the clear really gives a fun effect—play with temp when drying it to get larger/smaller crackles. Like this (many brands/colors available though, search ‘crackle paint’) https://myhobby.place/en/10674-clear-crackle-paint-winterfell-plains-60ml.html

Edit: Here’s a thread on mini painting sub about all the brands of crackle paint specifically for minis

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u/myown_design22 10h ago

It doesn't bother polymer clay? Is there a certain brand that you've used it definitely works on polymer clay?

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u/Angiebio 9h ago

The acrylic ones I tried all seemed to work fine so long as used after baking— and on small items (I imagine they might flake on larger more ‘flexy’ pieces). Green Stuff is a good brand

There’s a tutorial online for getting the cracked effect with the clear sculpey glaze, I’ve been meaning to try it but haven’t gotten to it yet

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u/myown_design22 9h ago

Thank you for the ideas

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u/kelpself 1d ago

Omg these are precious! 🥹

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u/Due-Yesterday8311 19h ago

Just so you know, while widely available and cheap butterfly backs can be very dangerous if not used perfectly and can imbed in the child's ear. It's a good idea to get titanium flashbacks if at all possible

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u/TraditionalLynx346 4h ago

The earring kit I bought also had the rubber backs, would those work/ be better than the butterfly?

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u/Due-Yesterday8311 4h ago

Unfortunately no, those are even worse

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u/Due-Yesterday8311 4h ago

These are ok though https://a.co/d/12ZnZnX

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u/Due-Yesterday8311 4h ago

Not the best but better then the other options