Huge Range of Basic Materials for a wide range of Arts and Crafts. We specialise in 3D materials to model and decorate.
Pregnant Belly Casting - A Few Ideas and Some Inspiration What is a pregnancy belly cast? A pregnant tummy or belly cast is a plaster cast made of an expecting mum's beautiful pregnant form. Our pregnant belly casting kit enables mums to create a lasting memory of their pregnancy in the privacy of their home in just 30 minutes. Photos and video can't capture an expecting mum's shape the way … [Read more...]
Baby Hand Casting & Foot Casting Kit (and Adult Hand, Foot and other Small Body Parts) Making a lasting 3D memento of your tiny baby's hand or foot is a priceless casting that you will treasure. These kits are our speciality - we stock the best products and the most detailed information sheets to make a hand and foot cast from babies to adults. Although the kits are most … [Read more...]
Alginate - Alginart™ Impression Moulding Material Craftmill Chromatic Impression Moulding Alginate is a single use moulding material for professionals or modellers to make mouldings large or small of any body part like rows of teeth, hands, feet and even breasts and other body parts. Alginate can also do the same job, using the same technique for replication of other small items that can be … [Read more...]
Helpful Tips on Using Gypsum Casting Plaster What is Casting Plaster or Plaster of Paris? Plaster of Paris, or simply plaster, was originally a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally (CaSO4)2. H2O. It is created by heating gypsum to about 150˚C, 2CaSO4·4H2O + Heat → 2CaSO4·H2O + 3H2O (released as steam). A large gypsum deposit at Montmartre in Paris is … [Read more...]
Cutters - The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Shapes... Metal clay or pastry cutters are the perfect way to create fast and neat shapes in a vast range of sizes. So many applications for these low cost craft items. Craftmill stocks a great range of metal sugarcraft cutters or pastry cutters, starting with mini 2cm metal cutters to large 16cm biscuit cutters. These are also well suited to use … [Read more...]
Information on Polystyrene balls, eggs, hearts, stars, cones & rings What can you make with Polystyrene Shapes ? Polystyrene or Styrofoam balls, eggs, hearts, rings and cones are highly versatile 3D craft shapes that suit a multitude of projects. Craftmill stock the widest range of sizes in each of these polystyrene products in the UK. From tiny 20mm polystyrene balls to massive 600mm … [Read more...]
What is Papier Mache Clay Powder ? Synthetic dry Paper Clay is similar to Das air drying clay except that it is available in dry powder form. It is apparently made from air dry polymers. To use the powdered form, you simply add water. It dries off white, does not crack, can be painted, sprayed, glued, drilled. Paperclay modelling clay will give hours of fun (if you have enough of it) for all … [Read more...]
History Modroc (or Modrock ) is plaster bandage that is used for modelling, casting and crafting. So how did it come about that a medical product began to be used in this way? Many years ago, somebody in the theatrical trade had an urgent problem. He had to make some simulated rocks for a set quickly. He had a brain wave (or, perhaps in the past he had broken a leg and had it … [Read more...]
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