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1 Resin Eyes With Deb Wood Excerpt from A Face to Remember Learn to make resin eyes from 2 part resin. S y m m e t r y E X P L O R E D e t a i l P a i n t i n g Sculpture A n a t o m y C o r r e c t P r o p o r t i o n s S c u l p t u r e A r m a t u r e Tutorial 10 Pages S e n s u a l Please read through this entire tutorial before you begin. Deb Wood /Enchanted Hearts All Rights Reserved Copyright Notice and Disclaimer: The instructions herein are copyright protected and are intended for the personal use of the purchaser ONLY. Any copying, forwarding, reposting or reprinting with the intention of distributing or reselling this information Enchanted in any form Hearts is strictly forbidden. Deb This Wood includes 2015 All but is not limited Rights to electronic Reserved duplication. Any copyright infringement is punishable by law. The information within this document is provided only to those who have been granted permission by the site owner. This information is brought to you in good faith and in no way does the author accept any responsibility for error, accident or injury to participants due to the instructions presented within this document.

2 Resin Eyes This tutorial will explain my process for making the realistic looking eyes. The clay I use is Fimo Professional White #0 and Fimo Effects Translucent #014. The simple explanation is to mix clay, roll balls, bake them, cut them in half, apply printed images (or paint them). Add resin and you re all done! Sounds easy, huh. Not so fast. ;)(Fold the card stock like a fan so that s ready to go.) The clay I use is a mix of the two clays mentioned above. I roll out two coils of clay the same diameter, mark off 7 parts of the Translucent clay and one part of the white then blend them completely. You don t want to see any striations in the clay. Roll out another coil and Note: The amount of Translucent clay will cause the eyeballs to darken so watch them carefully. Since they will bake again once they are in the head, you can feel comfortable baking them for 15 minutes instead of the full 30 to avoid discoloration. By laying the pieces into the folds, they don t touch each other and don t get flat spots from baking on the baking sheet. cut segments. Roll them into balls first, then into an oblong shape. Lay them into the folds.

3 Please use caution when cutting the pieces!! They sort of remind me of Tic Tac breath mints! But now we ll slice them so we can make the eyes from these clay pieces. By shaping the clay into elongated pieces, it seems easier to cut them. By cutting off each end of each piece, you will get two half rounds. It seems easier than trying to cut a round ball in half. Once I have sliced the ends off each piece (discard the center slice), I line them up and match them the best I can for size and height. Cut one end off, turn the piece around and cut the other end off. Try to cut straight down through the piece. Note: It is hard to get them all the same, or even cut perfectly straight and flat. But don t worry, you can match the pieces up and they will all be usable. After you have the two pieces cut from each Tic Tac, pair them up. Then, carefully using a scalpel or Exacto knife, slice the top round off each eyeball. I cut against a firm edge, cutting away from myself. This gives you a flat area to place the iris! It really does help once you add the resin lens, so try to slice off just a thin piece of the curved surface of the eyeball.

4 To make the irises, you will need printed images, along with something to cut the images out from the print. I use the leather punch you see here. You can use a small size paper punch, or some people are able to cut them out using a small scissors. You ll also need a tweezers and Super Glue and a whole bunch of patience! :) This illustration to the right shows the correct size of the iris compared to the size of the eye. To make a 6mm eye, you would need a 2mm iris image. But you CAN use a little larger size image (2.5 mm) on a 6mm eyeball too, this gives the eyes a more dreamy, softer expression. Place strips of two sided tape onto a small piece of cardboard. This will hold the half round eyeballs in place while you work on them. Line up the matched pairs and press down onto the tape.

5 There are several irises on this printed image. Cutting them, even with a hole cutter, is a tricky process. Just give it a try and do the best you can. You will get the hang of it! Note: I know some people cut these tiny circles out by hand, using a manicure scissors. It s possible. It s just really hard to do it well and not cut off any of the edges of the image. Once you get several irises cut out (don t sneeze!) line them up and match those as well. Then simply take a dot of super glue on a toothpick, touch that to each flat surface and set the images down on the eyeballs. You will want to have them as centered as possible. Using a tweezers helps with this. Note: The iris images will get stuck in the leather punch. But you can use a small knitting needle or other thin stick to poke through the wheel of the tool to dislodge the iris. As you place the images on the eyes, press them down flat with a toothpick or other tool.

6 Ice Resin! Here is what you ve been waiting for! But the product was not sturdy enough and the lenses were popping off so I changed to using resin. This is like glass once the resin has cured. But first, you might have to tidy up those images. When you punch them with the tool, you might get small fibers on the edges of the images. Two part resins are unbelievably strong once they are cured. This is such a great advantage for the eyes in our sculpts. And Ice Resin does hold up, stays clear, doesn t crack so it s a great product to use. I was using the UV Gel that is very popular... Clean them up with the tip of the scalpel. The resin will magnify any flaws so clear them away as much as possible. You may have bottles, or the plunger style containers of resin. The important thing is that you have equal measure of both parts A and B. Start with Part A, and add some to the measuring cup or other container. This measuring cup has tsp markings on it, I added 1/2 tsp of Part A to the cup. To that I added 1/2 tsp of Part B. You can also dispense 2 dollops of resin on a coated paper plate draw two circles with pencil, pour out the resin. Let it level to fill the circle, then dispense the second part next to the first. See visually if they are the same size. Stir the two circles together. Note: Notice the resin part B above has turned amber color in the bottle. It was clear when I bought it. I am disappointed that it did this but it is not uncommon for resin to darken like this. With the small amount we use it won t be an issue.

7 Whether you use a paper plate (for a small amount of resin) or a small cup, you will have to thoroughly blend the two parts. I like to use a wooden craft stick for this because you can scrape the edges of the cup. Stir completely, the label says for 2 minutes, stir at least that long. You will see lots of bubbles in the resin. Use a drinking straw and blow your breath on the resin. The carbon dioxide in your breath will break the bubbles! It works like magic. You don t want any bubbles in the resin when you apply it to the eyes. For the first application, I use a toothpick and drop a bit onto each iris image. Add just enough to keep the resin from dripping down the eyeballs. To keep the resin on the image, tape the card with the eyes to the underside of a shelf. Let the resin set for several hours. By taping it under a shelf, the resin drips down, creating the lens on the eyeball. Then mix up another small batch of resin and carefully brush resin over the entire surface of the eyeball, glazing the whole eye this time. It will harden like glass.

8 Use disposable items for the resin, like the measuring cup. You can sometimes find these in the pharmacy section of the store. Craft sticks are also throw aways and the paint brush too- But if you need to, you can clean the resin away with acetone. Use a brush you aren t attached to you may not be able to save it. Here are the eyes once the resin has set. You will notice that even the smallest imperfection will show up, the lens acts like a magnifying glass. That s why it s important that the iris images are as sharp as possible and those little flaws are trimmed away. The green eyes above would be ok the blue eyes here to the left have those edges of color showing. The lighter blue eye yes, that s an air bubble trapped in the lens. All of these eyes would not be usable unless you could cover the flaws with an eyelid. You can use them for practice though and practice is never ever wasted.

9 Love this image! I m sure there is some Photoshop involved here, but who cares. Her eyes are amazing. But can you see it? She is asymmetrical too. Quite a bit, actually. It would be fun to do a mirror image of this picture. These photos are from my A Face to Remember class. Working on building an attractive feminine face; there I discuss facial features again and I will point out more areas that make one face look nice and another one show that something is off. Hopefully I can help you train your eyes and brain to see what those things are.

10 I want to take a moment here and thank IADR member Ines Segal for sharing her tips and ideas with me on using Ice Resin for these steps. Thank you Ines! This is what IADR is about, sharing with our fellow artists. We all benefit! This is Rhapsody, the model for my newest sculpting series, Rhapsody in Blue. By popular demand, I turned the Advanced Armature class into a full series on sculpting the female form. This class is not as basic and is more refined than the first Sculpting Series class. Thanks for viewing this tutorial! Hugs, Deb Deb Wood /Enchanted Hearts All Rights Reserved Copyright Notice and Disclaimer: The instructions herein are copyright protected and are intended for the personal use of the purchaser ONLY. Any copying, forwarding, reposting or reprinting with the intention of distributing or reselling this information in any form is strictly forbidden. This includes but is not limited to electronic duplication. Any copyright infringement is punishable by law. The information within this document is provided only to those who have been granted permission by the site owner. This information is brought to you in good faith and in no way does the author accept any responsibility for error, accident or injury to participants due to the instructions presented within this document.