Liquid Sculpey® Glossy Liquid Feather Earrings

Liquid Bakeable Medium:

Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey® Oven Safe Work Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Uncured Liquid Bakable Medium may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately.

Getting Started:

-    Gently stir the bottle of liquid bakeable medium. Thin with Sculpey® Liquid Clay Softener as needed.

- Wash hands after use (we have found that baby wipes work best).

 Baking:

-    It is important to use an oven thermometer when you bake the liquids so that you can ensure your oven is at the correct temperature.

-    Do not microwave the liquids. They must be baked in a preheated oven at 275 ºF (149 ºC) for liquid colors and 300 ºF (163 ºC) for Clear. Do not exceed baking temperatures.

-    If you are using the liquids as a glaze or in thin pieces less than ¼”, bake for 15 minutes.   For thicker pieces that are ¼” or above, bake for 30 minutes. 

-    If you are baking on a ceramic tile, then you will also need to bake at 30 minutes since it will take longer for the tile to heat up. This will ensure the proper fusing of the liquid material.

-    When baking these liquids you may experience some vapors or a slight odor. This is not harmful and will not affect your creation.

-    If your liquid project has become yellowed or discolored in the oven, when you remake it, tent it by placing either folding an index card in half and placing your project under it; or by using aluminum foil over your project.

To use the feathers mold, I have a couple tips for you. Start by adding the Liquid Sculpey® (LS) of your choice just to the quill area first.

Use an Etch ‘n’ Pearl tool to drag through the quill area to help the LS settle into it and release air bubbles. I like to use the Etch ‘n’ Pearl tools instead of a Needle Tool
because the E’n’P won’t scratch the mold.

Tools can be wiped clean with paper towel.

Next add just a little more LS into the mold but not to full. Use your fingertip to really help move the LS into all the details breaking and releasing air bubbles.

Clean hands with paper towel and then soap and water.

Finally fill the mold to level with more LS. Tap the mold on the work surface to release air bubbles. Clean up the edges of the shape as much as possible with paper towel or a squeegee.

Bake the mold following the baking instructions for Liquid Sculpey®. Allow to cool completely before flexing the mold to release the feather shape.

Repeat Steps 2-4 to make a second feather.

Paint glaze on baked and cooled feathers and allow to dry with a paintbrush.

Use a Dremel drill or pin drill or spring drill to drill a hole through the tip of
the quill perpendicular to the shape.

Use flat nose pliers to assemble feather shapes to ear wires with jump rings.