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Hi. Did you see the Finger Wall Hook I posted yesterday? It’s a little creepy. I questioned whether or not it was “over the line” but then quickly realized that I don’t really care. I’m about to take a giant running leap over that line and show you how I made the most ridiculous/creepy/awesome soap dish ever.
Warning – This is long but there are tons of pics. If you don’t know how to read, you’ll still be able to make this thing by the end.
After playing with the clay that Sculpey was kind enough to send me for the finger hook, I went out and grabbed a 1 lb package of Super Sculpey in Semi-Transparent Beige aka flesh. I’ve made something like this before so I kind of had an idea of where to start.
First, I snapped a pic of my own hand, relaxed. Yeah, it’s a little chub. Hush it.
Then I cut pieces of galvanized wire at the same length of each of my fingers and bent them in the same places and at the same angles as my own fingers.
Then I attached the finger wires together using a smaller gauge wire, leaving the thumb off.
Then I smashed a wad of Sculpey on top of that to hold the wire fingers in place.
I kept adding clay to the palm area so the fingers would have something to hang on to.
For the finger meat, I rolled the Sculpey into a cylinder about the same size as my finger…
…and cut it in half lengthwise.
I added one half of that to the back of the wire and then added the other piece the front, the same way I made the Finger Wall Hook.
I kept smoothing it out and adding “meat” to it.
Once I got the palm meaty enough, I added the thumb wire and just pressed it into the clay.
Then covered the wire the same way I did the other fingers.
And then continued adding meat.
The silver end of the Style and Detail Tool is awesome for blending, you can kind of see where I used it to blend but then followed that by smoothing it over with my fingers.
I added a little bit of a wrist…
…and was ready to get super creepy with the fingernails. I used the Needle Point Tool to “draw” on the fingernails.
And then used the rubber end of the Style and Detail tool to create the actual fingernails. This tool is awesome. I just basically used the same action you would use when pushing back your cuticles while getting a manicure, and boom, fingernails.
Once those were done, I looked back at my own hand and added some more meat in some places, using a long snake-like piece to make that fat wrinkle in my hand.
I smoothed it out with the Style and Detail Tool…
… and then rolled out a piece of Sculpey to lay on top of it to make it smooth.
After I rolled it out flat with the clay roller, I pressed the piece into my palm to get some my hand print lines in there.
I smoothed that down and used the Needle Point Tool to make some small wrinkle lines in the fingers and then used the clay knife for the deeper wrinkles. Then I added a small ball of clay at the base of each finger to get that little ridge of meat that forms when you relax your hand.
After studying my own hand and adding all my little wrinkles, it was time to bake. I baked this for about 20 minutes at 275 and then let it cool.
Boom! Soap dish. It’s hand soap, get it?!
I considered adding a nail and some blood and calling it an Easter craft, but I thought maybe that wouldn’t go over so well. I just think we should celebrate what Easter is actually about rather than teaching kids about a bunny who poops out chocolate eggs. Just sayin’.
Anyway, look! It’s a soap dish!
Or a jewlery holder…
This thing needs some lotion.
Look at that hand-meat.
Man-hands! It reminds me of Bernice from the movie Dodgeball.
You could even bake a screw into the wrist, kinda the same way I did the Finger Wall Hook, screw it into the wall and have it hold your keys for you.
If that Easter comment got your panties in a twist, please feel free to email me.
I would love to discuss it.
Okay, this is the part where you:
a) Unsubscribe because you think I’m a weirdo
b) Email me about the Easter comment
or
c) Tell me how cool this thing is and subscribe below
Love you.
dena@heartsandsharts.com
So realistic! Love it!
Does the clay hold up to the moisture of the bathroom, wet soap, etc.? Or did you paint/glaze/do anything to protect the hand?
Thank you, Amanda! I didn’t do anything to seal it. After the Sculpey is baked, it acts just like ceramic so it holds up well in the bathroom. After posting this, I found out that people who do Sculpey work a lot use tin foil as the base for their sculpture. That seems much easier than the wire frame I built and can still be baked the same.
Hi!
Came in via Pinterest, but found this post browsing around.
I can’t decide if this is the coolest thing, ever, or is the weirdest Frankenstein thing.. ever.
Either way, I’m thinking add the blood and a nail and use it as a candy dish for Easter. Yup. Chocolate bunny poop.
(I’m gonna burn.)
ROTFL. Sometimes I think I’m so funny.
But this is weird-cool.
Hey. I forgot to mention that The Hand might need fingernail polish….
Ha! I actually made a finger hook using Sculpey and put fingernail polish on it!
Hhahahaha!!! Thank you, Christine!!
I love the soap dish and I agree–Easter is about Jesus and His death on the cross for our sins!
Thanks, Martha! Death to Hallmark holidays!
THIS IS AMAZING. Seriously. I look at so much stuff online, but this project is friggin amaze-balls. Great job! I’ll be following your projects for sure!
Oooo! Thank you, Hillary!
Oh my goodness, this is hilarious! You have some mad sculpting skills and you had me cracking up!
Thanks, Katie! I really have zero sculpting skills, the Sculpey tools are just that awesome!
Of course, this is weird and funny and creepy and all of that, but beyond all that – I’m just impressed with your sculpting skillz! Nicely done!
Thanks, Alexis! It’s so easy, really! I’m not just saying that because this was a sponsored post, but it REALLY is super easy to work with – this was only my second time to make something like this.
Coming to you from the Pin Junkie Friday Party. OMG Dena, this is freak’n (pun intended) awesome! You are very creative and talented. Love it! A few other hand poses came to mind as I saw this 😉
Hahaha! Thanks, Marie!
Hahahahah!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! This is what I call Creepy Delicious. Of course I’m the kind of gal
that thinks it’s awesome to pepper her home in unexpected places with manikin hair dressing heads(I have a vintage one that has rubbery skin and glass eyes!!) I can’t wait to go to the craft store for some Sculpey. First I’m going to check out the rest of your site!! I saw your tutorial on Mark Lipinski’s Fan Page. P.S. I bought plastic fingers that you screw into the wall years ago so I’m excited to try making my own. LOL Finger meat!! Thurma
Thanks, Thurma! I’d love to see your finger hooks when you’re done!
Very cool! This would be awesome at Halloween too! 😉
Thanks, Crystal!
Thanks for the great tut. It was detailed and helpful. I know just where to come when I need to make a hand for something – But, I can see how this is good for other sculpture things, too. 🙂
Thanks, Lesley!
For the record, my husband is a minister and we both laughed at the Easter craft comment. Does the bunny *poop* chocolate eggs or is it sharting? Am I right?
Touché, GourleyGirl. Touché.
Put that hand on your sandwich at work and no one will THINK about touching it. I love it
Hahahaha! Thanks, Heather!
A running leap to awesomely creepy. I’m amused.
Thanks, Eska!
OMG, I love this. It is the best kind of creepy and weird. “Hand” soap – rofling!
The “hand soap” joke was all Trisha. 🙂