Little late because I was hoping to get my design for my own sheep finalized before entering, but I didn't so my deer is up to bat; favorite plush is an old one I cant take a photo of right now, a polarbear with weighted paws, so have a picture of an ikea one that i also have

yea, I understand why its confusing-- its hard to explain coherently. I tried? to illustrate what I do? we keep the rubber flashing in place to help hold the rubber to the mother mold-- sometimes we do this over clay, sometimes we do it over the print coat of rubber