Brand Comparison
First published March 2010 – updated slightly May 2019 For years I used Fimo polymer clay which is readily available here in the UK. Recently I found Cindy Leitz and having read a lot on her blog and seeing her beautiful colour mixing recipes I decided I ought to try Premo clay. I’ve collected some other brand reviews and comparison on Pinterest here. Being a fan of Donna Kato’s work and having her excellent book I decided to try Kato polymer clay at the same time.Here are some photos and notes about the different brands of...
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I am not that happy with my current photographs but being on crutches at the moment I just can’t fuss around setting up a photo session. I have a digital SLR but at the moment am using my Canon compact as I can carry it round in it’s tiny pouch with a shoulder strap easily from clay space to comfy chair and laptop.Once I am back on my feet I intend to set my self up to take some decent photographs and am looking at buying or more likely making some sort of mini studio – I have been reading up, thanks to some other...
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It was my surf dude friend Al’s birthday today. I decided (one of those lying in bed unable to sleep inspirations) to make him a surf board spoon. It turned out pretty well, my 5 year old son wants me to make him one now too. Here it isI used a blue white and purple skinner blend stripe which I inlaid into the basic surf board shape which was made with translucent Kato polymer clay. I cover the spoon handle with white clay first as it showed too much without the covering. I also added a fin so there could be no doubt what it was. I hope...
read moreRoz Petalz Studio Giveaway
Roz Petal Studio is having a give away through facebook – Roz-Petalz-Studio facebook pageMy favourite of her pieces is this oneI love black and red together and the addition of the green leaves adds another dimension. Cute little pendant.
read moreKeeping your hands soft – Gloves in a Bottle and glycerin
Whilst looking up ways to prevent the skin around my thumb from cracking painfully, which it has done every winter for the last couple of years, I came across Gloves in a Bottle. I didn’t think much of it at the time until I also came across it on a polymer clay related blog (can’t find it again now of course) as something people used before working with polymer clay to protect their hands.I found out that my local chemist stocked it so I went a got some to try. After one application my hands looked less dry and rough. I have now...
read morePasta Machine Thickness Chips
For ages I have mainly used the largest and the smallest settings on the pasta machine (I have an Imperia one with 6 settings). I can’t see much difference between the first 3 settings. I decided to spend 5 minutes making some reference chips from some scrap.Pasta Machine Thickness ChipsThere really isn’t much difference between the first 2 settings, hardly worth having. So now I can check and see what the settings correspond to. Not sure how much I will use it but I am glad I now know not to bother with setting 2 at all.
read moreThe tutorial is here!
You can find my tutorial for this teachnique here – The Surfing Cat Graduated Pointy Stripe Extruder Technique – Polymer Clay Tutorial
read moreBusy polymer clay day for all the family
We have been busy playing with polymer clay for a lot of this afternoon (me with my bad foot up on a chair and lots of pain killers). Here are some things we madeJames made an X wing (from star wars)Daisy made a spoon, I gave her the bits she is too young(not quite 4) to be making roses on her own, yet….I made my first kalidescope cane which was originally going to cover a base to hold some pens for gifts but I had the wrong type and they melted in the oven so I changed to making teaspoons and used a few slices of the cane to made a...
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I have set up a new flickr page with my polymer clay photos on ityou can find it herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/surfingcatclay/
read moreSome more things I made in the past
Black, white and red heart. I made this with some cane ends and I love it. It just sits in a box of baked fimo bits. I ought to find something better to do with it!Made May 2008Heart shaped keyring. Made May 2008A panda I made for a friend. Made March 2008
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