Nobody could have even known the difference. Yuk!!! Ha! Ha! So the moral of the story is - more clutter is sometimes betttaaaaaa!! One woman’s burnt clay, can turn into another’s top of the hub!Yup!! What kills me is, that these would have been the best Raku’s. Now, if you could imagine, I’ll have to smell up the house again, with burnt clay. The moral of my story is simply - before you do anything foolish (stupid), hold onto your boo boos. Where was my brain! I could have sponged metallics on these and made them into RAKU colored beads. Can you imagine, I threw these out - and was not about to fish into a trash bin. Yah! Could be!!!!! I was foolish enough to discard these. Yup! That was the ticket! I ended up with raku textured clay. Well, I was using a toaster oven (at the time), with a metal tray. My main idea was to make a mock scrimshaw. I did experiment with using the transluscent clay, with an ivory. There are many more things I can teach you about Fimo, Premo, Sculpey III, Cernit and Kato polymer clay… but that will have to wait for another day! Feel free to add any of your own tips or information to the comment section below. Gloves are a good idea here unless you don’t mind colored hands! Then mix the clay until you have the look you want. Coat the clay with ink and let dry a minute or two, so the alcohol has time to dissipate. You can protect the clay either by tenting your pieces while baking or by burying them in a bed of cornstarch.Ħ) Translucent clay bakes up clearer when layered over raw clay, more so than over baked clay.ħ) All translucent clays can be tinted with alcohol inks. Baking directly on a ceramic tile or metal cookie sheet will cause translucent clays to scorch quickly. White and beige are good candidates for this technique.ĥ) Translucent clays start yellowing very easily with heat. Think pea sized amounts with a whole block of clay. Moisture on your hands and over working the clays will cause more plaquing.Ĥ) Adding tiny amounts of opaque clay will help to reduce plaquing. Fimo Clay has the most plaquing of all the brands of polymer clay. Kato and Fimo clays are the whitest in color.ģ) The tiny circular ‘moon’ shapes you sometimes see in the layers of translucent clay are caused by a condition called ‘plaquing’. They are followed by Kato Polyclay, Sculpey III, Premo #5310, Fimo Soft #014, Fimo Classic #00 and lastly Cernit #010 White Translucent.Ģ) Premo Translucent and Sculpey III are the most amber colored of the brands. Here’s some comparison notes that will help you decide which one is right for your project:ġ) Premo Frost #5310 with Bleach and Studio by Sculpey Frost are the clearest of the translucent clays. It is available from all the manufacturers but each brand has different properties. Today’s article will focus on a special type of clay called translucent. There are so many things to learn about the different brands of polymer clays. 7 Things to Know About Translucent Polymer Clay for Jewelry Bead Making:
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