![]() ![]() How to Make a Rose Polymer Clay Cane: NEW VIDEOġ. What can get expensive are the learning materials and tools you may purchase to assist in making better pens. Whether you make or buy canes, it only takes a few dollars of clay per pen tube, so the cost of clay is minimal. It all depends on how much time and energy you can devote to learning the necessary skills. I make all our abstract canes from scratch, and a mixture of home-made and purchased canes for the flower designs. Polymer clay canes can be personally made or purchased online. They also ran a test on toaster ovens.ĬANEMAKING: Making canes with polymer clay is similar in techniques originally learned by artists using millefiori for glassware and beadmaking. There was a strength test completed by a company called Garie International if you are interested in more information about clay brands. I use a regular house oven, but some people prefer using a toaster oven, keeping in mind the temperature fluctuates more in a smaller oven so an oven thermometer is necessary to get accurate oven temperature readings. PLEASE NOTE: clay is not baked until it has been sliced and applied to the pen tube. Fimo recommends to let the clay harden in the oven for a maximum of 30 minutes at a temperature of 230 ☏ (110 ☌). Fimo Soft - keeps the shapes and colors you want, making it a very good choice for cane-work. ![]() Kato Polyclay should be cured at about 300 ☏ (150 ☌), however it can be cured within the range of 275 ☏ (135 ☌) and 325 ☏ (165 ☌). The color of the raw clay is the same as the color you get after curing. Kato Polyclay - maintains its shape and minimizes distortion, and has a minimal color shift when cured.Premo! Sculpey baking directions state to bake at 275 ☏ (135 ☌) for 30 minutes per 1/4 in (6 mm) thickness. ![]() It has a rich color palette, with at least 32 colors, some of which have mica-shift particles. Premo! Sculpey - retains flexibility in thin areas, making small details less vulnerable to breakage.These are the three polymer clay brands that I use the most: It is most important to point out that not all clay sample packages or online sources will save you money, so it's important to compare prices prior to your purchase decision. Fimo is sold in grams, but prices have been converted to ounces for easier comparison. The various brands have different benefits (as mentioned below) but with the brands we use, Premo! Sculpey is normally the least expensive ($0.83 - $1.40 per ounce), Fimo is the most expensive ($1.59 - $1.85 per ounce), and our favorite, Kato, averages in between ($0.97 - $1.25 per ounce). ![]() There's a variety of clay brands available, depending on your personal resources and interest in the craft will depend on which brands you want to invest. POLYMER CLAY SUPPLIES: Polymer clay may be purchased either in person at art and crafts stores or by shopping online at your favorite crafting venues. I am a firm believer in "the best way that works for you" policy. I personally use a white ceramic tile for my work surface, but there are other surface options available as mentioned in this video. You may also want a clay extruder set and other sculpting and measuring tools at some point, but not all these tools are needed when first learning how to work with polymer clay. Please be aware these blades are extremely sharp, so please cut clay with caution. WORKSTATION / SUPPLIES: You will need a few tools such as craft pasta machine used for clay conditioning and mixing clay colors, various sizes of acrylic rollers, and tissue blades for cutting the clay. Reduction: making the diameter of a cane smaller Packing: filling areas in and around canes Other artists have wrapped completed clay canes with saran wrap or parchment paper, keeping in mind many papers will leach the plasticizers out of the clay.Ĭonditioning: act of restoring the clay to a state close to its original factory-mixed condition I store all my unused clay in either sealed plastic containers or sandwich baggies. Polymer clay will last for years if stored at cool temperatures and away from direct sunlight. Advancing makes the clay stiffer, as ingredients shift toward their original wet or dry states. But even at cooler temperatures, polymer clay will naturally "advance," or change over time. Polymer clay is subject to change with prolonged exposure to temperature of 90 ☏ or higher. All brands of polymer clay are manmade materials composed of the same basic building materials: gels, fillers, plasticizers, coloring agents, and resins. Polymer Clay is a type of oven bake modeling clay. If you are not ready to start from scratch but want to make a polymer clay blank, just pick out one of my ready-to-use blanks. Please feel free to use my tutorials about cane making and pen making to learn for yourself how to make a polymer clay pen. My name is Tina Wissen and I like to "play with clay." I am happy to share what I have learned with other novice clay artists. ![]()
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