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Polymer-clay and basic questions
Hello,
First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne! When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it, but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my imagination with such a material. I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it was only an experiment and I never used it ever again. I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece of brown air-dry modelling clay. So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and it feels so hard to use it for detail work. My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without leaving traces on it. Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it (cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even redirection to another post that may answer my questions. Thank you all for your time Yannis |
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Polymer-clay and basic questions
Check out www.glassattic.com for answers to these questions and many, many
more. You can keep your hands and clay clean by wearing surgical type gloves and/or freely using baby wipes. Calibrate your oven with an oven thermometer to avoid scorching the clay. (THere are lots of opinions about what kind of oven to use to avoid temperature spikes; I'm not going there.) Good luck! Georgia "Yannis" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne! When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it, but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my imagination with such a material. I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it was only an experiment and I never used it ever again. I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece of brown air-dry modelling clay. So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and it feels so hard to use it for detail work. My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without leaving traces on it. Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it (cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even redirection to another post that may answer my questions. Thank you all for your time Yannis |
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Polymer-clay and basic questions
Welcome!
As Georgia mentioned, Glassattic.com is a great resource. As far as clay goes, there are many more options now depending on the type of work you will do. There are soft clays, firmer clays, ultralight clays and extra-firm clays for sculpting. Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Votary There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com and http://www.backseatgrammarian.com NEW! http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Yannis wrote: Hello, First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne! When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it, but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my imagination with such a material. I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it was only an experiment and I never used it ever again. I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece of brown air-dry modelling clay. So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and it feels so hard to use it for detail work. My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without leaving traces on it. Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it (cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even redirection to another post that may answer my questions. Thank you all for your time Yannis |
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Hi, are you sculpting with it? Some people mix Cernit with other clays to
take advantage of Cernit's strength and translucency but the better sculpting texture of other clay like ProSculpt. Check out my tutorials page for lots of help if you are sculpting figures or dolls www.enchantedwhimsies.com/tutorials -JoAnna -------------------- One of a Kind Fantasy Sculptures & Art Dolls www.enchantedwhimsies.com "Yannis" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne! When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it, but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my imagination with such a material. I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it was only an experiment and I never used it ever again. I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece of brown air-dry modelling clay. So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and it feels so hard to use it for detail work. My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without leaving traces on it. Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it (cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even redirection to another post that may answer my questions. Thank you all for your time Yannis |
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