Playing about with homemade silicon molds - Peacock

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Comment by Anne M on March 22, 2012 at 4:23pm

Lovely idea and a lovely peacock.

Comment by Tracy Deadman on March 9, 2012 at 1:31am

Happy moulding - I'm here if you need any extra help :)

Comment by Lorraine Stewart on March 8, 2012 at 5:40pm

Thanks very much for that Tracy, there is a hobby craft about 10 minutes away from me which I visit all the time, so that's something else for me to look out for. I will keep you posted as to how I get on, I'm sure if I get stuck when trying it out I could back to you for some help. I appreciate your kindness. Thanks very much. x

Comment by Tracy Deadman on March 7, 2012 at 1:26pm

Lorraine - its really easy and only took ten minutes to make and the mould was ready to use straight away. If you have a Hobbycraft near you it is probably available off the shelf and is called Siligum. It comes in two pots of putty. One blue & one white. You mix equal quantities together until blended to an even colour and then it's ready to use straight away. I used a hideous purple enamel peacock necklace as I liked the design - so the trick is to look for the detail. Brooches, pendants, keys, thick lace......anything will work. Leave it in the sill ovum putty for 10 mins and then pull gently out. Voila, you have a very inexpensive bespoke mould. I used it for legomen too :)

Comment by Lorraine Stewart on March 7, 2012 at 12:56pm

Hi Tracy, I love the idea of being able to make your own moulds. I only just realised not so long ago that this was possible. The peacock is very nice, a lot of detail in it. I think if I knew how to do this I would make loads of moulds. They are very good.