Super Sculpey Ultralight
This lightweight white polymer clay from Sculpey has many uses in your studio.
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Sculpey Bake and Bond Oven Bake Clay Adhesive
Bake and bond is a commonly used bakeable glue to polymer clay. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Dimensional Glaze on Polymer Clay
When you hate resin but still want a thick, shiny coating, you can try dimensional glaze, but there are things you’ll want to know first.
Cernit Pearl – The Sparkly Polymer Clay
Cernit is a Belgian brand of polymer clay with an array of many lines with special features. There is opaque clay (Number One), half-opaque clay (Opaline), Translucent, Metallic, Neon, Nature
Spray Varnish for Polymer Clay: We have a winner!
Sometimes a brush-on varnish won’t do. Is there are spray varnish that works on polymer clay? Here is a matte varnish and a spray gloss varnish that work very well with polymer clay.
Nail Products for Polymer Clay
In the world of polymer clay, we’ve long “borrowed” art materials and tools from other crafts and activities. From pasta machines to floor scrapers, from oil paints to varnish, we
Translucent Polymer Clay: Pardo vs. Cernit
Which translucent polymer clay is best for making earrings, jewelry, vessels, faux stone? Compare Pardo vs Cernit in this article.
Pardo Polymer Clay – A Tale of Two Pardos
Pardo Polymer Clay is a brand from Germany that deserves another look. It has a full range of colors, metallics, and translucents. The translucent clays are among the clearest available anywhere.
The Hidden Feature in Translucent Polymer Clay
Optical brighteners are fluorescent dyes that take invisible UV light and reflect it back in the visible spectrum. If something contains this dye, you will see it brighter than if
Why do we condition polymer clay?
Contrary to what you have probably heard repeated by others, the reason we need to condition polymer clay before use has nothing to do with strength. (If your polymer clay
Sealing Metal Leaf
Metal leaf and flakes add a golden sparkle to your polymer clay creations. Do you need to seal it? With what? Learn more about using this fun and versatile material.
Polymer Clay Sealers, Glazes, and Varnishes
There is so much confusion out there about polymer clay sealers, glazes, and varnishes. Are they necessary? Which one should you choose?
Can you mix polymer clay brands?
Which brands of polymer clay can be mixed together? And is there a duplicate mixture to make Sculpey Souffle?
About metals for polymer clay earrings
Learn about the best metals for polymer clay earrings. Which types of posts, studs, and hooks are best for metal allergies and sensitive ears
Make Your Own Silkscreens for Polymer Clay
Silkscreens are stencils created on a fine fabric mesh. You push paint through a silkscreen to print an image onto a material, such as fabric, plastic, polymer clay, or paper.
New Pearl Ex Colors
In a recent chat with Syndee Holt (Sculpey’s demonstrator extraordinaire), she mentioned that she’d been working with some new colors of Pearl Ex. Hold the phone! Say what? New Pearl
Mica Powder
Mica powder is currently very trendy. And when something becomes so popular, two things happen. First, market innovation brings new products. And second, so much buzz about a product means
Bonding Polymer Clay to Itself – Testing Bakeable Bonds
Do you know the best strategy when bonding polymer clay to itself? Raw to raw, raw to baked, and baked to baked polymer clay are tested with bakeable glues.
Glitter and Mica Powder are not the same thing!
Do you know the difference between these commonly used sparkly products? No, glitter and mica powders are not the same thing.
Fimo Leather Review – A New Polymer Clay
Last month, Staedtler came out with a new range in the Fimo line of polymer clay. Fimo Leather is the first new type of polymer clay that we’ve had since
