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Step 5Making the eyes
If you want, you can buy safety eyes or use shank buttons for the eyes. However I made my own, so here's how to do it.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mix some polymer clay to get the color of eyes you want your cape to have. I wanted orange, so i mixed transparent, yellow, red, and gold for a bit of sparkle.
Dust your mold (I used a paint tray) with cornstarch or talcum powder, and push the clay into it, so that the half spheres are formed. Remove it gently and rinse off all the powder, pat dry. Now take a pinch of black clay and roll it out into a thin log, to make the iris of the eye. Cut a channel into the eye for the iris, and lay the black in the channel. press gently to seal. Embellish however you want, I put some other black specks around the upright iris, and I also put on a dot of glow in the dark clay.
Now reapply the talc and gently press the spheres back into the molds, this time pressing as much as you can so that the orange and black are pressed together. Set aside.
Take the needlenose pliers and cut off a piece of wire about 4 inches long. Using the tip of the pliers, wind a loop in each end of the wire, then double it up so that it is a bit stronger. This will be the shank of the eye. Bend the wire between the ends so that it resembles the picture; the more bendy it is the better it will hold up to being tugged on. Make one for the other eye, and gently press a shank into each molded eye, so that it is embedded about halfway through. Press the clay over the wires so that it is buried.
Put the mold in the freezer for 5 minutes or so, this will help the clay firm up and make it easier to remove without distorting the shape. Remove the eyes from the molds, and gently wipe off any remaining talc and smush them back into shape, if need be. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes, then rotate them and bake them for 20 more minutes. Allow to cool for about half an hour after they have been baked.
When the eyes are cool enough to handle, trim any excess clay with an exacto knife, and sand the edges so that they are nice and rounded. Apply 2 coats of sculpey glaze so that they will be shiny and glossy.
Eyes complete! Back to sewing.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mix some polymer clay to get the color of eyes you want your cape to have. I wanted orange, so i mixed transparent, yellow, red, and gold for a bit of sparkle.
Dust your mold (I used a paint tray) with cornstarch or talcum powder, and push the clay into it, so that the half spheres are formed. Remove it gently and rinse off all the powder, pat dry. Now take a pinch of black clay and roll it out into a thin log, to make the iris of the eye. Cut a channel into the eye for the iris, and lay the black in the channel. press gently to seal. Embellish however you want, I put some other black specks around the upright iris, and I also put on a dot of glow in the dark clay.
Now reapply the talc and gently press the spheres back into the molds, this time pressing as much as you can so that the orange and black are pressed together. Set aside.
Take the needlenose pliers and cut off a piece of wire about 4 inches long. Using the tip of the pliers, wind a loop in each end of the wire, then double it up so that it is a bit stronger. This will be the shank of the eye. Bend the wire between the ends so that it resembles the picture; the more bendy it is the better it will hold up to being tugged on. Make one for the other eye, and gently press a shank into each molded eye, so that it is embedded about halfway through. Press the clay over the wires so that it is buried.
Put the mold in the freezer for 5 minutes or so, this will help the clay firm up and make it easier to remove without distorting the shape. Remove the eyes from the molds, and gently wipe off any remaining talc and smush them back into shape, if need be. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes, then rotate them and bake them for 20 more minutes. Allow to cool for about half an hour after they have been baked.
When the eyes are cool enough to handle, trim any excess clay with an exacto knife, and sand the edges so that they are nice and rounded. Apply 2 coats of sculpey glaze so that they will be shiny and glossy.
Eyes complete! Back to sewing.
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