I Experimented with Epoxy, Clay & Acrylic

I experiment with three different sculptures and processes that can change the way I make artwork forever. I love doing experiments like this to challenge myself, experiment with new mediums and progress the future of my craft. Which one was your favorite!? #carving #woodworking #clay

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00:00 Experiment #1
03:50 Sculpting Human
07:47 Sculpting Alien
10:25 Casting
11:27 Carving Bear
14:06 Zombie Alien Painting
14:56 Casting Human Alien
21:24 Finishing Bear
21:57 Finishing Human/ Alien
22:56 Experiment #3
26:23 Final Reveal

[BMSculptures]

Which sculpture / idea do you like best!?

[thenodiggardener]

I liked all of them, but I'd love the see a bigger paler version of the polar bear with the ice shards. I think that would look very cool.

[Brandon-butterb]

“this was my first attempt of using clay” shows a picture of a hummingbird sculpture that is absolutely stunning

[halfbubbleout]

My favorite was the failed casting you shared with your kiddo. It teaches a great lesson on how to handle failures.

[paperheron]

The use of the plastic wrap slightly smooths out the markings created, resulting in the finished texture not having that harsh edge where the clay slightly peels up because of the tool. Very useful for creating subtle and delicate detailing.

[joshfinkelstein]

I would make a giraffe with the ‘glass shard’ concept, and have the shards be its spot pattern.

[StormBurnX]

A little pro tip for the split sculptures with a flat, symmetrical split: if you make the seam between the two halves white (layer of paint, vinyl, resin pigment, whatever floats your boat) the 'clear' side will pop WAY more as a clear, standalone half. If you make the seam black, and REALLY push the gloss on that clear half, it will look stunning with even a slight light around, under, or behind it. Either way, putting a solid white or black barrier between the two halves will make the clear half look 'correct'; whether you like the dark contrast from a black barrier or the almost self-illuminating look of a white barrier, that's all up to artist's choice and intent! I'd definitely recommend testing this method out. (I once tested it by pouring a small creature in clear, then cut it down the middle with a band saw, painted one flat face white and the other black, then re-joined them with some ca glue and honestly that look was more wild than I was expecting!)

[syrus]

They all look awesome! Some artists will use plastic wrap on their clay sculptures so that they are only indenting the clay instead of cutting through it. It helps to round over the edges of the lines and minimizes the crumblies that you get when you scrape directly on the clay

[albanthomas]

I came to this account randomly after finding it on my fyp like a few years back. Genuinely no other account on this app has someone so knowledgeable and wise. The way you talked about your baseball career and how cared about what you do yet are still super calm about mistakes really teaches younger people like me to become genuinely better people. Thank you for sharing your passion and wisdom.

[gaiadev]

Very often resin has a yellow tint to it, to even it out and make it even more clear people usually put some purple in it, since these colors cancel each other out. That could be why you got a greenish brown

[MARKBaid]

You have a subscriber for life. I loved the way you embraced the time with your daughter and your story of how anger and losing your temper is not productive. It is so nice to see.
Your art is amazing also Ha

In a world were you can be anything be Kind!
Mark

[debsmith]

My favourite is the polar bear, and I think the reverse colours of blue chips in clear epoxy would be really effective.

[lagggoat]

3:48 chemical reaction, gotta be. Something in one of the dyes attacked the molecules that make the colour and changed it to a different molecule, in turn changing the colour. Pigments often have many ring structures (which have many electrons another reactive molecule might react with and that reaction changes the molecules shape and makes it catch light differently).

[bernoventer]

As a frequent scuba diver, I would LOVE to see a sculpted nudibranch. They're a type of sea slug and have absolutely stunning colors and patterns, I think an epoxy version of that would look amazing!

[M-qy]

So the reason you got brown, this is from my experience with paint rather than ink.

You only get the colour you expect to get when mixing single pigment paints. EG - mixing single pigment red with a single pigment yellow will give you the orange you expect. But most paint companies mix different pigments to get "unique" colours. So your two blue colours probably contain mixes of different pigments, and the mixture of all the pigments in both make brown.

[GenerationDown]

“Satisfaction is the death of desire.” Keep pushing yourself my brother! Love the videos!!

Small tip, as someone who’s worked with this material before. When adding pigments, a little goes a long way! Try one or two drops at most and stir to see what it does!

Can’t wait for more content!!

[garetkonigsfeld]

The father daughter sculpture. Is my favorite. And will be special for you guys for many, many years to come. Thanks for sharing.

[deekrimmel]

First, Respect! HUGE life/career change. I just discovered you and haven't had a chance to watch any of your other vids, but I'm looking forward to it.
I have worked with resin/epoxy for years, long before it became the "in" thing to use. I think the ice effect you are looking for would be best accomplished with LIGHTLY blue tinted resin pieces in a clear, very, very lightly frosted (maybe a mild glittery white pigment dust or a light iridescent.)
I've followed a couple on here for years that I think you might find interesting in how he applies unusual ideas and concepts to create incredible pieces. Not everything he does is my cup of tea, but that's the beauty of art. The channel is positive couple.
Again, kudos and I'm looking forward to more!!

[giteausuperstar]

Wow, I’ve seen dozens of your videos over the years but didn’t know about the pro baseball background. That is a cool transition into being an artist - awesome 😎

[craigmoore]

I think they all turned out amazing. Thanks for sharing your work and your life. I look forward to seeing more!!!