Modeling Clay - DONE
+ For the gums I used Fimo polymer modeling clay for better control and finer details
+ It took at least 2 days for it to air dry
+ Using inexpensive carving tools(could be found in art supplies or hardware stores) to do additional fine details
+ You can always re-work the dry clay by soaking it in water again
Modeling Clay
Always stay clean when working with modeling clay - using a board and plastic bag to cover can save you from cleaning your mess after. It's important to have a handy extra bag to cover the clay in case you don't finish your model in one day.
There wasn't any DAS in the art supply store I went to but they had something similar to it
Adding details will be later - can always wet it again to work on it or carve into it. I will be sanding the surface of the sculpture to make it baby bum smooth.
Sorry for the poor quality pictures - working in my basement studio not enough natural light
Success!
The mold finally set and picks up an incredible amount of detail! We did a test cast and though it seemed like a complete failure at first, the result was much more than satisfying. Despite the missing arms, it looks great.
Hurray! I'm also super relieved that Batman came out alive and intact, he holds some sentimental value. The toy is completely unharmed, except his chest is half filled with silicone (Jeremy was right, there were holes in his back). Soon we will cast our own line, stay tuned.
DAS
+ Today I will be testing DAS polymer clays to form our first toy model
+ Das could be found in Arts and Craft Stores for $6 -$8
+ More pictures will be posted soon
Test Mold
Before we move on, we need assess the level of detail we can achieve with our toys. So we're test molding + casting BATMAN (Mr. Wayne's rippling muscles will be sufficient).
The silicone is prepared and ready to be poured.
24 hours to cure... check back in the next few days to see the results.
The silicone is prepared and ready to be poured.
24 hours to cure... check back in the next few days to see the results.
Hello world
What's up everybody, welcome to our page (don't laugh I know that sounded funny). "darkmatters" is a small toy company founded by yours truly along a few good friends of mine. What we are trying to do with "darkmatters" is to work with different artists within Toronto to promote their art/bring them to life so to speak and to establish us as a Toronto based toy company. What started out as a normal conversation about our summers soon turned into discussions about the possibilities of starting and running our own business. A few months later and after countless hours dedicated to this project I am proud to say we are within arms reach from the starting line and officially dive ourselves into "the toy making business" (I know that sounded funny also). Initially starting out, I had some doubts of making all of this a possibility, because 1) we had no idea what we are doing or should be doing, 2) we needed funding 3) and as the old saying goes "never go into business with your friends". But turns out those obstacles were not as difficult to iron out as we had originally thought and honestly the team that we have (Dexter, Jeremy, Teddy, Jefford + Paddy) there's no other people I would do this with then them. Most of them I know for a very long time now (except for Jefford) and I trust them all, because at the end of the day that's all we can rely on is trusting in each other to make this all work.With this site as well as our Twitter page, you can see updates from members of the team. We'll try to keep this as up to date as possible. With our first models coming soon, as well as various sketch ideas of upcoming projects, there should be a lot of interesting materials popping up soon. So keep your eyes peeled.