Paper Casting with the Vets

We had such fun in the VETS paper casting class taught in June! They were amazed at the many items that can be used to cast paper! Just a few are: candy molds, polymer clay molds, the backs of plates or bowels, metal jewelry findings, rubber stamps. Being Veterans and Vets’ spouses they fell in love with the wonderful military paper casting/polymer clay stamps from Rycraft! Several projects have already been posted this month using those Rycraft paper casting stamps. I wanted you to see a few of the castings using some other Rycraft paper casting stamps and a variety of other items. What fun it will be to create projects this fall using some of these castings!

Supplies:

• Any of the Arnold Grummer® paper making kits
• Blender, strainer, cello sponges and soft towels
• A sunny window
• Scraps of white paper (think junk mail, etc.)
• Scraps of brown paper bags
• Rycraft paper casting stamps: R439 Bumble Bee, R388 Three Gulls, R376 Bison,
        R375 Elk, R527 Feather, R389 Wolf, R249 Hummingbird, R536 Zia, #348 Kitten with Bow
• Candy molds (Tan castings)
• Rubber stamps (Tan castings)

Instructions:

1. Follow the instructions found in any of the Arnold Grummer™ paper making kits to
        create white slurry and cast one or more of each castings.
2. Allow the casting to dry. (You can put the Rycraft paper casting stamps in a microwave,
        30 seconds, let cool, repeat until the casting is dry. Do not put plastic candy molds or
        rubber stamps in the microwave!!!)

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