Okay, so you want to try Polymer Clay because you want to make accessories? or you just want to try something new? :) Well, any of the two, first, let us define what is polymer clay, the different brands of it, materials needed to do some accessories and some polymer clay 101 thingy. :) Excited? Yes? Okay, so here we go!
Polymer clay is a type of hardenable modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It typically contains no clay minerals, but like mineral clay a liquid is added to dry particles until it achieves gel-like working properties, and similarly, the part is put into an oven to harden, hence its colloquial designation as clay. Polymer clay is generally used for making arts and craft items, and is also used in commercial applications to make decorative parts. Art made from polymer clay can now be found in major museums.
In this blog, I'd like you to be familiar first with the basic materials and tools on how you can make your own accessories and charms made of polymer clay.
1. Polymer clay -there are many brands of polymer clay that you can choose from such as Sculpey, Sculpey III, premo, fimo, nendo,katopolyclay and many others. It depends on the strength, resilience and of course the price. For different brands of polymer clay, check it out.
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2. Sculpting tools, shaping tools, dotting tools, push molds. There are tools that are made of plastics actually and others are made of steels.
3. Pasta-making machine for conditioning the polymer clay.
4. Oven to harden the polymer clay.
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3. Pasta-making machine for conditioning the polymer clay.
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Since you're already familiar with the basic tools and stuff in making polymer accesories, please check this video for a tutorial of 5 Basic Polymer Clay Charms for Beginners.
Hope you enjoyed reading my blog.
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