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Colin's Easy Polymer Clay Caricatures
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Tips on Making Flatties
Look at Comics and the comic strips in newspapers to set a style, use big heads on little bodies,big feet, little hands, little feet, big hands, Use bright colours and bright backgounds. Let your imagination run riot! Your "Victims" will love them.
Do be sure to mount your caricatures on to the background usingsticky pads or "Silicone Glue" as used by 3D decoupage crafters, available from your craft shop.This will ensure a more rounded 3D image for your figures.
Don't worry about using flat photo heads, the victims don't seem to mind the flat effect, but you can if you wish, bend the photos slightly to hide the edges. When adding the heads, experiment on position moving the head backwards or tilting forwards can completly change the whole effect of the caricature. Oh, and don't forget to remove those little jowls of unwanted flesh from your victims photo, it will win them over no end!
When adding heads, ask yourself if you really need to put in a neck, most times you don't need too. Just be sure to overlap the head and the body slightly to "connect" them. If the body is too far away from the background use a cocktail stick glued to the back of the figure and sticking up from the body, then mount the head to that.
For the figures roll out the clay quite thinly, I use the widest notch on a Pasta Machine, (about 1mm or so), cut out a simple body shape, then mold the figure slightly, usually just thining the edges and rounding the body before moving the arms into a suitable position. Bake in the usual way..
I add legs and hands separately, either by using clay as I do for the body, or use wire or even just drawing them in.
If you try this idea, do let me know any tips and ideas you have, I always want to learn.
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Completed and "Under Construction" Projects
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I usually have at least two projects on the go at the same time, sometimes more, at the present I am working on scenes from Alice in Wonderland. One is The Mad Hatters Tea Party, my daughter will be alice of course! and I am alaways busy with cards and scenes for friends.
Another is a model theatre, I will be using a model theatre mounted in a frame, but with polymer clay curtains and figures. I've always wanted to be an actor on stage, so I shall be the main singer!!
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These pics show the family caricature A completed Punch and Judy and an in-house gag panel, On the right is a caricature of my kids as I see them, Superkids..
The Punch and Judy caricature is almost all Polymer Clay (In an A4 Frame) The backgrounds are in Craft foam, from your craft shop. Clouds are cut out from foam and mounted like everything else, away from the background with silicone adhesive, again from a craft shop. Punch at the moment is very much politicaly incorrect here in England at this time, but such nonsense will eventualy pass I am sure. I do like him and always have and I have to say I don't go around abusing anyone.
The In-House Gag is one showing my wife teasing her Chef at work, and is about 8 inches square, notice there are no necks on the figures and parts of the caricature background are drawn in. The "Notices" are drawn on "roll your own" cigarette papers.
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Bigger Projects!
I have tried using the "flatties" idea in a bigger project which is shown below, as well as in caricatures on cards. The Case is about A4 size. The figures are still 2D with photos for heads. The Stained Glass window is made with Glass paints. I use a paper covered foam sheet, cut to size, to create the "walls" of the room, which I get from an office supplies shop. The figure of the "Monster" (My son) can be moved up and down using a cord hanging below thw frame.
Other materials are Polymer clay of course, Balsa wood strip, a carpet from a dolls house shop and acrylic paint where needed
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Painting the Roses Red from Alice in Wonderland
My Wife is the lovley young Alice (of course) As usual my duaghter is watching out for that paint brush wielded by her brother.
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