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Polymer Clay Articles
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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?
How flexible should polymer clay be?
How flexible should polymer clay be after baking? Learn how soft it should be and how much you should be able to flex it when it’s properly baked.
How to make polymer clay heavier
I feel that polymer clay is too lightweight, especially for jewelry, making it feel cheap. How can I make it heavier?
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?
Color and polymer clay: What nobody tells you
[Patron-Supported Content] Here is a compilation of 14 articles, each one about polymer clay and color. If you’ve struggled with color, these posts are a must-read. (Plus they’re fun.)
About metals for polymer clay earrings
A few years ago, I noticed that wearing earrings annoyed me. I’d start to get grumpy and annoyed, fiddling with them and pulling on them. Soon, I’d take them off and stash them in my purse. I stopped wearing earrings
Securing Polymer Clay Earring Post Backs – What’s the best way?
When you’re making polymer clay post earrings or stud earrings, you need to attach an earring post back to the back of the polymer clay earring. It’s the part that goes into your ear and is secured with a little
Glow-in-the-Dark Polymer Clay Earrings using Glow Pigment
Who doesn’t love glow-in-the-dark or GITD? From Halloween skeletons to glowing stars on your bedroom ceiling, glow-in-the-dark creations are always fun. There are several brands of glow-in-the-dark polymer clay, but as I shared with you in my article about DIY
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. If you’ve ever had a t-shirt with a design printed
Make Polymer Clay Earrings You’re Proud Of
Polymer clay earrings are wildly popular and very trendy right now. They’re easy and fast to make, which means you can make them in every color to match your wardrobe. You can also make them quickly to sell for a
Should you apply mica powder before or after baking polymer clay?
Mica powder is a shimmery, sparkly powder that’s used to create a metallic or pearlescent effect in art media, household products, and makeup. It’s also great fun to use on polymer clay. But should you apply mica powder to polymer
Polymer Clay Vessel Project
Learn about Ginger’s polymer clay vessels project where she made a new vase, container, or pot from polyclay each and every day for 100 days.
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 Ex Colors? Yes, she told me all about them and
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 that misinformation proliferates, making it quite difficult to learn how
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.
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