I have never been into Salvador Dali...just can't figure his little mind out...but who could. But I've seen other use clay and sculpt out the Salvador Dali clocks with their students. I don't have a kiln so what could I do. Then I thought, I could melt a record and shape it when it's warm. This is what I came up with.
I took a record and heated the oven to about 200 degrees. I put a pot on a baking sheet and then put the record on it. As it melted I would take it out, play around with shaping it...if it didn't work out just put it back in the oven and remelt it.
Then I used acrylic paint
I haven't checked your blog in a while and oh my gosh - I LOVE these clocks!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job - again wishing I had young children again. Sort of... :)
This is SUCH a cool project. I'm just trying to figure out how to do it with a class at school.... Were there much fumes/smell from the melting record? That would be my only concern, especially if I had to melt 30 records myself at home. It should be an economical project as you can buy records at garage sales these days!
ReplyDeleteI love this project but I also wonder about the fumes the records might create.
ReplyDeleteI've done this project before using Upou paper. It's a plastic watercolor paper that melts and distorts in the oven. The results were amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've done this project before using Upou paper. It's a plastic watercolor paper that melts and distorts in the oven. The results were amazing.
ReplyDeletethis idea is wonderful for an Art Club size group. I used shrinky dink paper last year to create Chiluy style art with my club
ReplyDeletepaint is not sticking to records very frustrating in a classroom that only has tempra paint
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's possible with a recycle plastic?
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