Comments on: Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Ice Cave Palette (Premo Sculpey)

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:22:00 +0000

@Jocelyn: I can see how that might work, way to persevere! I can’t believe it — before you thought of the wave cane, were you rolling lentil beads just to cut off the spiral part for your PC fabric? If so, it’s no wonder you were persistant! Smart thinking, though, that was a tough one!

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Canes Variations

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Canes Variations — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:57:22 +0000

Sounds Pretty Jocelyn. Would love to see that!

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:41:57 +0000

Umm, boy, I am glad I didn’t read that until after I tried. Got sick of trying to get the spiral off the lentils with a blade, so I started making “wave” canes, and some of them duplicated the spiral effect I was seeking. Have to roll them thin in the beginning then fat at the end, like a nautilus shell. The slices make lovely laminating fabric.

By: Cindy Lietz@Lentil Bead Making

Cindy Lietz@Lentil Bead Making — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:15:36 +0000

@Bonnie: Thanks for trying to help Tiffany.

@Tiffany: Unfortunately, there really aren’t any comparison charts that will work. Each brand has different concentrations of pigments and although one color mayl look similar, it won’t mix the same. It’s too bad, since a chart like that would be helpful.

@Jocelyn: More unfortunate news for you too. A lentil simply won’t convert into a cane. The spiral happens when color is drawn up from the sides and pulled into the center. If you cut into a lentil you will see the spiral is only on the outside and hasn’t continued on to the inside. But that would be a fun way to make a cane if it were possible.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:41:10 +0000

I just read Tiffany’s comment again. The chart I sent isn’t really about color as much as it about comparison of the clays to each other.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:38:51 +0000

Cindy, I just sent you a color and quality appearance chart that I found some time ago about all the clays. Maybe it will help Tiffany.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:47:24 +0000

Cindy,
Do you have or know how to obtain a color comparison chart for the different brands used? I know you usually use premo in your recipes, but I can’t always get the same colors in premo. Sometimes I have to go for a different brand, and was just wondering if there was a chart out there that compared the colors.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:46:37 +0000

Can a cane be made that incorporates the spiral on the top of lentil beads, so that you could use slices of it to make fabric patterns?

By: Cindy Lietz@How to Bake Sculpey

Cindy Lietz@How to Bake Sculpey — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:21:51 +0000

I’m sorry Jocelyn, but I’m not really sure what you are asking. Can you give me more info?

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:37:19 +0000

Is it possible to make a cane of the spiral to use in lamination?