Can i paper mache using modelling clay/ playdough? and if so how?

why wou'd you not want the paper to stick together, paper mache is light weight, you coulduse the clay, but i wouldflunk your project

All you need is clay. Buy a block of it and cut the pieces out with a sharp knife. Which you can additionally use Sculpey however it's more luxurious. Then of direction there is paper mache, Michael's has some that is made with paper fiber already, you add water and bake it somewhat then add colour. If in case you have a significant quandary with cash are attempting some flour with water and lots of salt. It'll harden like a brick and which you can paint it too.

You can't technically do the technique of "papier mache" using any clay, but you can make a papier mache pulp "clay" to use as a clay, or you can use a clay over papier mache or instead of papier mache, etc.

Or you could use any of those things *over* other things, removable or permanent.

It would really be helpful to understand exactly what it is you're trying to do though.

(STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND really, even after your Additional Details. Ask a new question and say exactly what you're wanting to make, and what you're wanting to put over what, etc, etc.)

With the soap part you mentioned, are you just thinking of a "release" that could be used on various materials to keep other adhesive materials (like papier mache and various clays, etc) from sticking together? If so, there are easier releases to use like a sheet of plastic wrap for example. (If you're using polymer clay, you might also use Vaseline, cooking oil, powders of various kinds, etc.)

Since you have a time deadline, keep in mind that all air-dry materials (including papier mache and air-dry clays and papier mache pulps) will need time to dry out, which hardens them. You can speed up that drying in some ways**, but generally those things will need overnight to dry (and many layers of papier mache perhaps longer).

Also be aware that if you use any of those air-dry materials, you shouldn't allow them around water unless you've first sealed them (with a clear sealer or a permanent paint).

various kinds of "clay" and also papier mache:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201006...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201101...

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+papier...

speeding up the drying of air-dry materials:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201205... (my answer, 2nd paragraph)

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