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first I tried rolling out snakes of clay, which was an interesting
effect but a PITA to do.
http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/Kai4-005.htm
Most sculpted figures with hair, made of mohair or some such fiber, have
one hair-do and you're stuck with it. When I was working on Cowboy Kai I
wanted hair that could be styled in different ways. My girlfriend Milly
brought over some hair extensions, which can be styled, brushed, even
hot ironed. I experimented with embedding hair extensions into a raw
clay scalp on a cured clay head.
 http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/LEXX-CowboyKai-2.htm
Click on the tumbnails for the enlarged pictures so you can read the
captions.
I found that embedding micro braids was the easiest and after curing I
could undo the braids. Kai is from a planet called BrunnenG and they
have this hair style that's a big bun on the top of the head.
http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/CowboyKai-3c.htm
I could change his hair style for his Kai Indian look.
http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/CowboyKai-5c.htm
I had a bald Centaur laying around and I put raw clay on him and
embedded hair extensions. This page shows the process of cutting the
hair, pin curling the hair, covering the pin curls with a wet strip of
gauze before curing. After the cure brusing out the new hair do.
http://www.norajean.com/DemoStuff/12-19-04-CentaurHair-Index.htm
Then I wondered how hair extensions would look on a full sized face.
http://www.norajean.com/EpsonAlbums/NJ-Epson/Hair-Implants/Index.htm
At the top of that page are links to the chat log for that demo.
Then I found an altogether easier way of doing hair, TLS (translucent
Liquid Sculpey) mixed with solid clay color to a consistency of whipped
cream or cake frosting, swirl and curl, cure and you're done. Here are a
few examples:
http://www.norajean.com/New_Projects/PenPals/2004-SleepingLady/Hair-Index.htm
http://www.norajean.com/New_Projects/PenPals/OrchidDrape/Index-1.htm
http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/Sculpt/NursingMom/006-1.htm
http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/Sculpt/CreoleQueen/1-007.htm
and to see it done... No captions on this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvi6OXCwZs&feature=PlayList&p=227BF88F71F572BC&index=12
or
http://tinyurl.com/poo6d8
One hair experiment came from taking faux wood grain, scoring it with a
razor a bunch of times and it was an interesting effect. Scroll down to
see the figure with a beard and the faux wood grain hair.
http://www.norajean.com/New_Projects/PenPals/LeafLady/Base-Index-3.htm
So it depends on what sort of effect you want, if you want hair that you
can style and restyle as your mood hits you. I don't know if you noticed
but the picture on our group home page is Traveling Kai and he is one of
the earliest experiments with embedding hair extensions on clay.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CITY-o-Clay/
Here he is in his traveling trunk.
http://www.norajean.com/New_Projects/Kai3-NewDigs/Index.htm
So was that hair raising enough? LOL
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