Artista, Crayola Model Magic, Crayola Model Magic Fusion, Creall®-do & dry, Creall®-do & dry lite, Darwi, Das, Delight, FormoFit, Hearty Clay, Hobby Time Fineplast, La Doll, Lumina Polymer Air Dry Clay,  Premier, Paperclay, Papydur, Creative Paperclay*, Pearl Paperclay, Premier, Craft Porcelain, Makin's Polymer Air Dry Clay, Milliput, and Modena another Polymer ADC which allows light to show through.

Dries up if not covered or closed in.Can be kneaded easily with water.Spreads out nicely.
No Oven Required.
You can speed up the drying process of paper based air dry clays by drying them in an oven at 225° F. After drying you can make it wet and add fresh clay if needed. Great for details.
No worries about dirt, wipe off with a wet cloth. You can sand it smooth.  or carve into it. Weightless after drying.Paintable in any colour you choose with paint or markers. Keep unused portions in an airtight bag. *Known to shrink down about 6% from original size.

General Guide Lines For Working With Creative Paper Clay

Creating Flat Sheets of Paper Clay

Chemical reactive Clay:

Aves Apoxie Sculpt (a 2 part clay that dries harder than polymer clay, Magic Sculpt

Contrary to what some people believe, epoxy clays are NOT air dry clays. They are chemical curing clays, which means the two parts, when mixed equally start a chemical reaction that causes it to set up. You should have 1 to 4 hours to work with it before it cures on you depending on the temperatures where its being used. Cooler temperatures delay the setting process while warmer temps with speed up the time it takes to get hard. Mixing this type of clay in small quantities is highly recommended for this reason.

Cold Porcelain Clay:

Deco Clay, Cold Porcelain Paste, Cold Press Porcelain

Flumo - Air Dried Porcelain Slip for Pouring/Casting into Molds. Works like ceramic only a kiln is not required. Drying can be speeded up in a home oven at a maximum of 260° F. Used with plaster molds as its the absorption of water from the slip into the plaster that carries the slip into the plaster and then carries the solids to the outside of the mold cavity and creating a hollow casting. Flumo contains Kaolin, the clay of porcelain, cellulose, binders and water. Only comes in white but you can tint it with paint tings or paint it when cured. Just like ceramic this stuff has some pretty good strength to it when cured resulting in a very smooth and easy to clean casting as soon as removed from the mold without damage. remove seems with wet brush, wire loops or knives, and or sanding. Shrinkage is minimal. Will not shatter like porcelain and can be repaired with white glue and wet FLUMO. Tutorial on how to use Flumo

Polymer Clay:

Creall-Therm, Fimo Classic, Fimo Soft, Fimo Transparent, Kato PolyClay, Modelene, Premo, Prosculpt, Puppen Fimo, Original Sculpey, Sculpey III, Super Sculpey, Sculpey Ultra Light Cernit, LA Doll and Prosculpt has to be baked in an oven.

TLS - Translucent Liquid Sculpey (bakeable transfer & color medium) WAYS TO USE

FIMO - decorating Gel (oven hardening, exceptionally translucent, super flexible)

Read: What are the different types of polymer clay?

Ceramic Clay

Earthenware, Low Fired Clay, High Water Clay, Mid Range Clay, Raku, Porcelain, & Stoneware

Read: Clay Basics

PMC - Precious Metal Clay

Art Clay Silver:

Art Clay Silver is a brand new pure silver material in clay form. It is water based and can be freely modeled like clay. It is made of finely powdered pure silver, water and organic binding agents (binders). After it is shaped, dried, and heated at 800C / 1472F for 30 min., binders burn off, leaving only pure silver retaining its modeled shape.

There are 5 types of Art Clay Silver: Clay,  Paste, Oil Paste, Syringe and Sheet type

Now also available in GOLD

Sand Clay

Materials:

4 cups sand
2 cups cornstarch
1-1/2 Tbs. cream of tartar
3 cups water
large pot
molds for casting dough

• Heat 3 cups of water in a large pot.

   

• While the water is heating, mix the sand, cornstarch and cream of tartar thoroughly in a large bowl. You can use colored sand from the hobby store.

   

• Slowly mix the dry ingredients with the water, stirring constantly. Continue to stir the mixture over medium heat until the water is almost gone.

   

• When the dough starts to form and is too stiff to stir any more, remove it from the pot. Set the dough aside to cool.

   

• The dough will stay workable for a few days as long as you keep in an airtight container or plastic bag.

   

• There are all sorts of options when it comes to molding your dough Try a variety of small containers, shells or anything with an interesting shape. Putting rocks or other objects in small containers before adding dough to embed them in the final product or, put the dough in a pie pan or other flat container and use it to make handprint sculptures.

   

• When your creation is complete, let it air dry for a couple of days. It should be hard as a rock!

Other Clay Recipes

Did you Know...

Avoid Hairline Cracks when Using Metal Armatures

 "When using polymer clay, If you do sculptures with metal armatures and sometimes get hairline cracks they are due to the slight shrinking of the clay and the expansion of the metal in the baking process.

If you wrap your armature with floral tape or air dry clay or use oven dry clay to make a skeleton baking it first before creating your sculpt and then you can avoid these hair line cracks."

Achieving a Bronze Looking Sculpt

To make a sculpture look  like a real bronze sculpture, use three parts black to one part gold polymer clay.

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Did you know?

Mokume Gane ;pronounced moe-koo-may-GAHN-ay, is a Japanese term for "wood grained metal".  In terms of use with polymer clay it is a method of putting together, layering, or stacking the clay to achieve a innumerable amount of interesting and breathtaking designs that can be used for just about any application. 

Salt Dough Clay

See these amazing images of a horse driven carriage sculpture made entirely from Salt Dough Clay

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POLYMER CLAY TESTING 101

Clay Conditioning & Blending

Did you Know?

End shinny bottoms on your clay creations from baking on a ceramic tile. Flip the tile over and bake on the rough underneath side of the tile.

Adhesives Used for attaching clay to clay, clay to jewelry findings or veneered surfaces. Sobo, Aleene's or other tacky glue works for applying clay to items like boxes brushed on then allowed to tack up before applying clay to it. Krazy Glue, Superglue or Zap-A-Gap, E6000 Cement or any other cyanoacrylateor gel type glue formulas seem to work best as they bridge gaps better than ordinary white tacky types.

Alcohol for cleaning tools and other items, for smoothing out and blending polymer clay.

Baby Oil used sparingly can help clay to stick to new raw clay being joined, smooth out fingerprints, or give back an even look to fired clay that's been scratched or carved on. *See also Vaseline

Blades Tissue Blades or Wallpaper Scraper Blades usually double sided straight edged razor blades. Used for slicing canes.

Brayer or Acrylic Rod, also Clay Roller For rolling flat sheets of clay, textures, rolling metal leaf into clay or reducing some square or triangular canes.*See Also Pasta Machine

Buffer used to smooth out fingerprints and give pieces shine. Muslin, felt, even blue jeans have been used. Do not use buffing compound or scratches or even worse can appear.

Cake decorators stand "Spinning", lazy Susan, microwave spinner with flat base on top. Used for maneuvering clay creations while working on them, move the stand not the clay

Ceramic tile, Marble tile, cookie sheets, bakeable glass ware like Pyrex (do not use for food once used with clay) Used for baking clay on or in.

Clay Gun/Extruder

Clay Template - A tool for creating accurate ball sizes with polymer clays.

Cookie Cutters (Makin's, bakery departments or websites, Kemper pattern cutter sets, or make your own)

Cooking or Mineral Oil for cleaning hands when done working with clay before eating, cooking or even smoking if you do.

Dental Picks

Dust Mask used for keeping from breathing in dust particles from carving,  drilling, or non wet sanding of polymer clay.

Drinking Straw or Coffee Stir Straw use different sizes in diameter for different effects in clay, making holes, texture and making fingernails on dolls.

Food Processor to chop up and condition clay

Flecto Varathane or Future acrylic floor finish water based for polishing up finished pieces,

Heat Gun or embossing Gun good for baking sculptures and items in stages so you don't wipe our and or squish details.

Knitting, Crocheted, Sewing, Tatting Needles

Knives, household tools, nut picks, garlic press, egg slicer, cheese grater

Manicure tools (orange stick, cuticle cutter)

Molds/Moulds ( can be soap, candy, polymer clay made yourself, or other types made for polymer clay. Some can be baked in the oven.

Needle File Used for enlarging, making or smoothing holes in beads. Round cylindrical ones work best. Use with care not to crack beads.

Sculpey Diluent used for reconstituting polymer clay products which have become less pliable, or to soften the standard consistency of products. Add a few drops to any brand of polymer clay and knead. Can also be used as a polymer "glue

Oven "Clay dedicated" ( polymer clay gives off fumes recommended not to be mixed with food or food related items)

Oven Mitt for taking hot things out of the oven, however its recommended to allow the items to cool down in the oven before removing for added strength.

Oven Thermometer to calibrate the heat setting of the oven your using and testing the temperatures of the oven for firing your clay.

Palette Generator

Paint Brushes - Synthetic brushes are cheaper and more effective where as you will have less to no brush hairs falling off and sticking to your clay. Used for brushing out finger prints and other imperfections in details. Rounded tipped paint brushes are great.

Paper Towels

Pasta Machine (conditioning, rolling out sheets, skinner blending, use with texture sheets)

QTips good tool for smoothing out those hard to reach areas if a paint brush is not available. *See also paint brush.

Release Agents ArmorAll®, Baby Powder, Cornstarch or Water.

Rubber Gloves to help keep fingerprints from transferring off onto clay. *Not a requirement just a suggestion.

Rubber stamps For transferring images with ink or textures onto clay.

Rubber tipped wipe out painter brushes

Sandpaper Wet/Dry  400 Grit Coarse to 2000 Grit finest. Hardware stores carry up to 600. Auto stores carry higher number grits usually up to 2000. The higher the grit the finer and smoother the sandpaper's results will be.

Steel Wool 0 Coarse - 0000 Finest used for rubbing patinas or giving fired clay a shine. *Not your ordinary household steel wool.

Stylus tools for embossing

Texture plates, Old Scrap Jewelry with Textures, Buttons with Textures

Tooth picks - One of the best and cheapest of tools you can use. Great for adding fine details in clay and or with painting fine details in miniature.

Vaseline for adding non fired clay to fired clay. *See also baby oil

Wet Wipes for keeping hands clean between colors. *Note see cooking or mineral oil for cleaning hands before eating or cooking.

Wire Loops and Ceramic tools work good

Place you should look to find tools from aside from your local crafts and hobby stores should include but not be limited to the local drug, department or grocery store's dental or baking isles, bakery cake maker, soap, candy suppliers and suppliers of other types of clay like ceramic, porcelain, and cold porcelain clays.

Magnetic Paint

Chalk Board Paint

Rust-oleum & Krylon both make it in Green or Black you can find in most hardware stores but how about making some in other colors yourself?

3 teaspoons (color of choice) acrylic paint
1 1/2 teaspoons (water-based) glazing medium
1/2 teaspoon powdered tile grout (lightest color you can find. if possible use white)

Mix all ingredients together, blending very well. Make only as much as you need, as it does not store well.

Flat - Matt

High Gloss

Semi Gloss

Textured

Sculpey Glaze

Satin

Gloss

Future Acrylic Floor Sealer

or other acrylic type floor sealer

UTEE - Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel Powder

Acrylics "Some" - Doll eyes, beads, etc. use with care and test before making anything big etc..

Aluminum Foil

Brown Paper Bags

Corn Starch

Guards

Index Cards

Light Bulbs

Pipe Cleaners

Polly fiberfill Batting

Superglue or other type catalyst wont come apart in oven

Talc Powder

Wax paper

Wire - Gold, Silver, colors and various gauges.

Wood

What Kind of Products Can Be Used With Polymer Clay?

Other things you might want to know can be baked in the oven and applied to polymer clay

Invent-It's temporary Do-It-Yourself body tattoos

Did you Know?

Tools either made, found and or purchased can be personalized as well as made into an easier to hold tool by covering with clay and and left to set up before being used.

Did You Know?

A common rule of thumb is that clay can be kept at least a year, sometimes for several years. Your clay will last longer if you keep it away from sunlight and heat.

Polymer clay can be stored for months or years, it does not contain water that can evaporate but over time the plasticizer that keeps the clay soft can also leach out leaving clay hard and crumbly.

Did you know?

Unbaked clay set on furniture can ruin its surface. The plasticizers can eat into wood and some plastics. use wax paper to protect the finished surface from your clay. Cured baked clay items pose  no threats to furniture, as the plasticizers are then baked out or neutral.

Did you know?

Baking polymer clay on a cornstarch covered pan not only will keep the bottom of the clay from becoming
shiny but it also prevents the bottom from flattening when you want it round.

The clay sits in in cornstarch and does not interact with it.

After baking, you just shake or blow off any excess cornstarch or water washes all the corn starch off not interfering with the clay.

You can keep reusing the same cornstarch over and over again.

Talc powder works as well but you need to blow off any excess as water does not remove talc as well.

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