Facade Academy/Wicked Attachments

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Wicked Attachments

At Halloween, the more you gain experience, the more you will want to start to apply special effects to your work. In this course you will learn how! Amanda Careford and Juliet Eve will show you different methods to produce and fix attachments. You will learn how to work with latex, silicone, silk clay and paper clay. In no time you will feel confident to attempt them yourself!

Contents

Unit 1 - Making Attachments

Juliet Eve shows you how to make some simple attachments which can be applied to the face on the job, using silicone and latex.

You'll learn how to make a witch's wart adding hairs from a paint brush. 

Attaching a chain on to a face can look very effective – Juliet will demonstrate how to attach a metal loop to some silicone and then hang items from it.

Video: Making Attachments
Snippet: Tools and Materials
Snippet: Piercing with Ring
Snippet: Wart with hair and maggots
Snippet: Claws

Unit 2 - Halloween Bling with Amanda Careford

Here you will learn how to use some different skills and techniques with clay and gems to create some wicked Halloween-themed bling both for both children and adults.

Amanda Careford shares some really cool techniques for creating wicked attachments for your Halloween designs, using air dry clay, mica, silicon moulds and Tulip fabric paint.

You will learn how to make fast and simple creepy unicorns, monster horns, bones and skulls, and also a feathering technique using fabric paint which Amanda calls 'Kipling'.

Get ready for some wicked bling 'therapy'

Video: Halloween Bling with Amanda Careford
Snippet: Using silicone moulds
Snippet: Horns
Snippet: Flame with Tulip paint
Snippet: Building a bling piece
Snippet: Spider with eye
Snippet: Feathering (Kipling)

Unit 3 - Applying Attachments

Juliet Eve will show you how to apply previously-made attachments.

Video: Applying Attachments
Snippet: Witch
Snippet: Pink Edgy with chain

Resource list

Resource list of items used in Units 1 and 3
Resource list of items used in Halloween Bling class
Blingmania Grid - for use in Halloween Bling class