C-50#31XA Aluminum Ball Stylus / Dotting Tool, 15 cm long is a double-ended sculpting tool with smooth, rounded metal tips. It is designed for pressing, smoothing, and creating patterns on clay without tearing the clay body. Its main uses are as follows:
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Main Uses (Creating Indentations and Blending Seams): Used for pressing and rolling the clay surface to create eye sockets, nostrils, or various round indentations in doll sculpting and general sculpture. It is also used to roll and blend seams between two pieces of clay to make them smooth and seamless.
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Creating Dents and Rounded Patterns: With its smooth, rounded tip, it is ideal for pressing to make dot patterns, dents, or drawing deeply curved and rounded lines, giving a soft, three-dimensional effect, unlike pointed tools.
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Shaping Flower Petals/Leaves: In artificial flower making, the rounded tip is commonly used to roll along the edges of clay sheets to create flowing, thin, and naturally curved shapes, mimicking real flower petals.
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Dual-ended with 2 Sizes: Both ends have rounded tips of different sizes (one large, one small), allowing immediate selection based on the size of the detail required for the piece.
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Smooth Surface, Does Not Drag Clay: The aluminum ball tips are highly smooth and slick, making it easy to roll on wet or soft clay without dragging the clay body along.