Sculpey Blog
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Polymer Clay Pasta Machine
Whether you're new to the world of polymer clay or have worked with this fun and addictive medium for years, there will come a time when you'll think about using a clay pasta machine. If you're ready to take claying to the next level with a pasta machine, you probably have some questions about how it works and what to...
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Finishing Polymer Clay Pieces
This is Krithika, and today I want to talk to you about the different ways I like to finish my pieces once they’re cured. I use a variety of techniques and products depending on the situation. Finishing your piece is one of the most vital parts of the construction! Read on to find out how I decide what to use...
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New Color Tuesday! New Reds and Blues Pt 4
I figured we all needed to cool off, so let's mix some Blues this week! I was mildly shocked that my Premo Wild Child (Peacock Pearl) didn't dish up some surprises this week, but it did dish up some lovely deep purples and blues. My favorite is the Souffle Cornflower and Wild Child, er Peacock Pearl. To the sub-palettes: #1...
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New Color Tuesday! New Reds and Blues Pt 3
Ohhh, this is one of my favorite mixes of the year so far! I love, love all those 1:2 mixes with Gold, but ESPECIALLY the Souffle Raspberry 1:2 with the Gold. It is such a happy little orange with the soft glow of the mica in it. But I also love the deeper orange of the Cayenne/Gold mix and the...
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My Most Favorite Clay Technique Ever!
Hi! Krithika Parthan here and today I get to talk about what is probably my favorite clay technique ever. That's a pretty bold statement! But I just adore silkscreening so much! For someone who considers herself "crafty but but not artsy", silkscreening is the perfect way to create detailed gorgeous pieces without needing to draw myself. Textures let me do...
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New Color Tuesday! New Reds and Blues Pt 2
It's no secret that I love the Premo Accents Copper color (pssst! try it with Premo Accents Grey Granite!) Wow! Did I get some interesting and unusual colors this week and I love them all! These colors are all mix with ONE part of the blue/red color and TWO parts of the Copper color. That Cayenne/Copper mix is a luscious...
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New Color Tuesday! New Reds and Blues Pt 1
We have a new red and a blue in BOTH Premo and Souffle, so I thought it would be appropriate this month of red, white and blue to do some mixing with them! I started with Silver this week, since mixing with White was just too...easy. LOL These are all mixes with ONE part of the red or blue and...
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New Color Tuesday! I'm So Mixed UP! Pt 4
I can't get over how much I love this Raspberry color! It's an interesting mixer color for sure! But I really love it on it's own, especially with Igloo - such a clean, crisp combo! #1 That Shamrock 2:1 with Raspberry is an interesting green that reminds me of Premo Jungle. I love it with the peachy color of the...
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Finding your Polymer Clay Peeps
By: Sherman Oberson I’m currently attending a polymer clay retreat as I write this. It’s called Clay Back East and is being held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It made me think of how being social with polymer clay has shaped my journey as an artist. When I first started out with polymer clay I was a kid, an aunt...
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New Color Tuesday! I'm so Mixed UP! Pt 3
Shamrock is rapidly becoming one of my top favorite colors (as opposed to JUST a favorite color). Look at those mixes! Look at that Bronze/Shamrock mix - that is a killer color! All these mixes are 1 part Shamrock to 2 parts of the mix color. #1 I love Bronze combined with a cool color like the Cornflower. The Shamrock/Sea...
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New Color Tuesday! I'm So Mixed UP Pt 2
Cornflower is such a fascinating color to me. I never quite know what I'm going to get when I mix it - for instance, Canary and Cornflower make...GREEN? Really?? Sub-palettes! #1 I really like this combo - Canary adds the POP to the trio. I love the two mixed colors together. #2 Ohh, a classic cool palette that is calming...
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New Color Tuesday!I'm So Mixed UP! Pt 1
This month I'm exploring how some of the new Souffle colors mix with BOTH the Premo metallics and the original Souffle colors. I chose to mix with 1 part of the selected color (Grape this week) to 2 parts of the mix colors (Bronze, Silver and Canary this week) - instead of my usual 1:1 mixes. Already I've had a...
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10 Surprising Facts About Polymer Clay
Table of Contents: 1. It’s Non-Toxic 2. It Dries Faster Than Air-Dry Clay 3. It Doesn’t Shrink or Expand 4. It Doesn’t Fade 5. It Will Not Dry Out 6. It Is Durable 7. Storage Is Easy 8. Do Not Overbake 9. Easy Cleanup 10. Small Bars Go a Long Way Shop Sculpey Products Today Since its creation, many artists...
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Sculpey for Beginners
Table of Contents: What Is Polymer Clay? What Types of Polymer Clay Are There? What Can I Create With Polymer Clay? What Polymer Clay Tools Do I Need? How Do I Bake Clay? Where Can I Find Clay Inspiration? Learn to Make Polymer Clay Jewelry Sculpey polymer clay is fun to use and extremely versatile. Anyone can work with polymer...
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NEW LOOK STRATA BEADS by Claire Maunsell
For today’s post I thought it would be fun to update a classic hollow bead technique that I’ve used for many years by using the delicious new bright colours in the Souffle line. I was sent some of these to try (along with some other fun stuff – thanks Polyform!) and I think they are just the thing for me...
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New Color Tuesday - But Do They Get Along? Pt 4
I have nicknamed this month "Missing May" - WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO MAY? I blinked and it's almost gone... So before I go out to the garage, er, my Deluxe Designer Studio in my "attached She Shed" to start my June NCT I figured I better drop my last NCT for May. Pistachio is an interesting color that always...
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New Color Tuesday! But Do They Get Along? Pt 3
I decided I wanted to see how these vibrant new colors play with Souffle Igloo to create pastel. Again, I was surprised that they reacted like any other color (don't ask my WHY I think it would be different - no idea!) And I really liked the addition of the Igloo to the original color palette as well as a...
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New Color Tuesday! But Do They Get Along? Pt 2
This week I mixed 3 of the new Souffle colors with Souffle Canary in 1:1 mixes. Canary can usually hold it's own in mixes, so I wasn't too worried about losing it. I WAS super surprised with the first mix of Mandarin and Canary - I expected something practically glowing from that bright combo, but instead, I got a lovely...
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Translucent clay components: Colour Inside and Colour Outside
When I first began exploring polymer I was coming from years working with hot glass. You can imagine how excited I was to find that translucent clay existed in a few varieties in the Polyform line! I found it was a natural progression from sandblasted glass to translucent polymer clay. It’s very easy to add small amounts of colour to...
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New Color Tuesday! But Do They Get Along? Pt 1
I've been mixing the new Souffle colors with the Premo Accents Pearls, but I thought it might be a good idea to mix them with their Souffle teammates. So this month, I'm mixing Mandarin, Grape and Raspberry with existing Souffle colors, starting with Cinnamon this week. Now it's no secret that you can Ochre pretty much any color by mixing...
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How Did You Do? Oven Bake Clay Quiz Answers
1. True or False – you can mix new colors using our current colors of clay? Answer- True! Sculpey oven bake clays come in hundreds of amazing bright colors but the best part is that you can create your own unique shades by mixing them together! 2. True or False – You use a kiln to cure polymer clay? ...
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New Color Tuesday- Ohh, These Colors! Pt 5
Okay, Cornflower is a Super Hero of color - Look at that range of mixed colors it produced? Blue, grey, bronze and green? Whaaaat??? I'm going to take this color SERIOUSLY!! I love the color actually- it doesn't seem to have a black tint to it like I feel most dark blues have. Check out these sub-palettes: #1 Wow! Look...
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My Favorite Technique to do using Polymer Clay
By: Anke Humpert My favorite technique in polymer clay is a very simple one. I learned it from Donna Kato and I have used it ever since. It´s easy to make but very versatile. And you don’t need a lot of tools: You need at least two colors of clay, but you can use more if you want to. I...
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New Color Tuesday - Ohhh, These Colors! Pt 4
If you had told me that Raspberry would be my current favorite color, well, I would have laughed at that nonsense. But...it is! I can't stop using it! It can go from intense color to a beautiful subdued range of pinks. To the sub-palettes! #1 Classy transition palette from Summer to Fall right? I want to make a bunch of...
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Where to Bake Polymer Clay
Creating polymer clay sculptures is a great way to engage your child's imagination — and yours, too! The clay starts out soft and moldable, but once you bake it, the polymers fuse and harden. Magic! If you've never worked with polymer clay before, you might have some questions about the process of baking it. That's why we created this "how...
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New Color Tuesday - Ohhh These Colors! Pt 3
I love this new member of the purple family - Souffle Grape. It's very, well purple, but it's not a somber color and look at those amazing mixes! And look at how strong the Grape mix is with Pearl! I'm gonna use all four of these mixes for sure! #1 What a classic combo! And that Gold/Grape mix is going...
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My favorite tool I have Made or Re-purposed from Somewhere Else
By: Anke Humpert I love tools, and I love textures. So talking about my favorite tools will naturally also be a lot about textures. The first set of tools I would like to show you if the one above. It´s a set of dentist tools that I found at my local flea market. They have all kinds of hooks and...
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New Color Tuesday - Ohhh These Colors! Pt 2
Multiple shades of Green? YES!!! Metallic greens? YES YES!! Souffle Shamrock is such a fun color, I immediately ran out of the little bit I was given and I'm anxiously awaiting it's release so I can restock. This is going to be a great mix color and an outstanding color on it's own. To the sub-palettes: #1 Oh yeah, I...
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New Color Tuesday - Ohhh, these colors! Pt 1
Once again, I got tricked! When I first got the new Souffle Colors, my eyebrows went up - and once again, I can't live without these colors! This month I'm mixing each of the 5 new colors with 2 Metallics and 2 Souffle colors. Let's see what happens! This week I'm mixing the new Souffle color, Mandarin, with Pearl, Latte...
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New Color Tuesday - 18kPt 4
This week I mixed with what I call my neutrals. There wasn't any really surprises here except how well the Poppy Seed influenced the 18k. That is a beautiful RICH color! Now to the sub-palettes! #1 -a classic combo #2 Ohhh, this is a different take on a classic - i like it! The smooth Latte really grounds the sparkle...
