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Learn how to condition Pardo Translucent Art Clay. It's not like other clays and there are tricks. Learn more at The Blue Bottle Tree.

How to Condition Pardo Translucent Art Clay

Pardo translucent art clay is a wonderful clay that’s remarkably more clear than other brands of translucent polymer clay. It’s also not commonly available in stores, and usually must be

Read a review of CaBezel Molds on The Blue Bottle Tree.

CaBezel Molds

Have you ever wanted to create a bezel, or frame, around your polymer clay shape but weren’t really sure how to make it? Maybe you’ve wanted try your hand at resin

Get the Sculpey Tool Organizer Review here. Is it worth it for polymer clay tools?

Sculpey Tool Organizer Review

Have you seen the new Sculpey Tool Organizer? It’s designed to hold polymer clay tools and keep them organized, but is it a good value? Does it work?

Learn the secrets of how to buy polymer clay at The Blue Bottle Tree.

How to Buy Polymer Clay

How to buy polymer clay? Well, you go to the store, pick it out, pay for it, and then come home and play with it. Right? Yes, but there are

Learn how to use these glues with polymer clay to get the best results for gluing metal and glass to baked polymer clay.

What’s the Best Glue for Polymer Clay?

Sooner or later when working with polymer clay you’ll need to glue things together. You might have already baked something when you want to add more design elements. Or you

Sculpey clays, there is no "t", it's not Sculpty. These are various kinds Sculpey polymer clays.

Sculpey, Sculpty, Fimo, Polymer Clay – Which is it?

When I tell people that I work with polymer clay, they often look at me with sort of a blank expression. They’ve never heard of it. So I start to explain and pretty soon their face lights up and they say, “Oh! You’re talking about fimo!”

Copied polymer clay clock, done as a copy of Irene Semanchuk's tiled clock.

Is this a copy? Or “inspired by”?

Just when the latest brouhaha and accusations about copying and copyright infringement dies down, another one will start up and bad feelings fester. Angry posts and harsh comments get written.

Blue Flowered polymer clay covered pen by Toni Ransfield.

The Pens of Toni Ransfield

Last week I received a gift, a pen, and it impressed me so much that I wanted to introduce you to the artist, Toni Ransfield. When most of us start

PVClay, a polymer clay from Brazil

PVClay, a polymer clay from Brazil

Did you know that Brazil has its very own brand of polymer clay? PVClay is a high quality clay, comes in a full range of colors and is excellent to work with. Read all about it!

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