Flexible Push Mold Owl in Tree Branches

This handmade flexible mold is sized for jewelry making and meant to be used by pushing polymer clay into it. Measurements in the photo are approximate for finished clay art (your final cast size can vary due to baking shrinkage). Clay example art shown to the right of the mold is for reference of what the mold can create, the example art is not included.   For the example art ideas I color my clay with perfect pearls, chalk pastels or acrylic paint. A firm clay like Premo by Sculpey holds fine details well. You can use porcelain, fine grit ceramic, air dry or paper clays, PMC (precious metal clays) etc. If your brand of clay is very soft (like bubble gum) and you have issues with warping as you pop the clay out, I recommend putting the mold (with clay inside) into a fridge or freezer. After a few minutes it will be cool, causing the clay to be firm enough to hold details before release. All molds are shallow, the finished piece varies by design from about 5 to 10mm deep. Molds can