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Introducing baby monkey 'Margaret'

24/9/2022

I've finally got around to pouring my new baby monkey, Margaret. This is a baby Monkey sculpted by Teresa Russon/Bierton, in the likeness of a baby monkey that they once had in their family as a pet. I bought the sculpt off Teresa with full rights to reproduce in silicone. I will be selling these as blanks I probably won't be doing finished monkeys, but one day I definitely will finish at least one of these gorgeous little girls to cuddle myself. Isn't she just gorgoeus!

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What's cooking?

23/9/2022

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Thought I would share what I'm working on at the moment. I've been preparing the things I'll be taking to the Pudsey show next weekend (1st October) ... some cuddle baby kits, maybe one or two small full body silicone blank kits, and some beginners silicone painting kits and little booklets for beginner silicone painters as a guide to getting started.

I've also been working on an order, this is baby Storm ordered by a customer due out at the end of this month. She would like light reddish hair not too ginger but I'm thinking strawberry blonde. I had some hair but decided to get some more of a lighter colour so that I can do a blend, so see what she looks like when she's done. I'm pleased with her so far, I've started to seal her and then she will be ready for matting, then details like nails and eyebrows. And then of course the hair and eyelashes. I'll try and remember to show her here when she's finished.

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Silicone cure times

10/9/2022

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I have noticed a very curious thing. If I mix a bucket of silicone and pour it into the mould, then a few minutes later mix another lot of silicone in the same bucket, it takes on the cure time of the first mix - even if there is just a tiny bit of the first mix in the bottom of the bucket.
In other words, mixing fresh silicone in a bucket with silicone that has started to gel, seems to speed up the curing of the fresh silicone.
For example, last night I mixed a bucket of siilcone and poured it into the mould. No issues at all. Then about 15 minutes later (it was a warm evening) I poured some fresh silicone into the bucket I had used for the previous pour. (Remember ecoflex is supposed to have a pot life of 30 minutes).
As I mixed it, I immediately noticed lumps forming as it started to cure before my eyes and I started to panic. As a result I poured it straight into the mould quickly without waiting to degass it, and the end result was a baby full of bubbles that I have to pour again. ***sigh***
But I have noticed this phenomenon with other silicones too, psycho paint - if you top up the pot with fresh A & B even well before it has cured, the new fresh silicone cures at about the same rate as the remnants in the pot.
So just in case you notice your silicone curing far too fast, reflect if this might be a factor.

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