Sculpey
Sculpey (often misspelled as
Sculpy) is the brand name for a type of
polymer clay that can be molded and put into a conventional oven to harden, as opposed to typical
modelling clays, which require a much hotter oven, such as a
kiln. Until it is baked, Sculpey has a consistency somewhat like
Plasticine. It is sold in many colors, though it can also be painted once fired. It has become popular with modelling artists, and was used in the production of the
Lord of the Rings movies to sculpt test armor and the character
Gollum. It is also sometimes used for
claymation. Sculpey closely resembles the better-known
FIMO, another brand of polymer clay.
Many techniques exist for modelling clay, and some even use small wires, similar to how
rebar is used in concrete, for finer sculptures.
*http://www.sculpey.com/
*http://www.rings-things.com/POLYMER.HTM
