Comments on: Polymer Clay Instructions – Why Free Is Not Always Best

By: Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz

Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:45:44 +0000

Hi Michelle, Welcome! The clays that we are primarily using on this site are oven baked polymer clays.

I may do a review or the odd feature on the other types of clays you mentioned but they won’t be a main focus. For most metal clays you would need a kiln or a torch in order to cure it.

With air-dry clays, the properties are quite different than the oven baked polymer clays are. Because of this, some of the techniques used on this site, such as cane work and other projects, would not be suitable for the air-dry clays. Other projects such as sculpted beads however, could be suitable.

If I were you, I would work with the oven baked polymer clays first…. but then again I am biased! ;-)

By: Michelle Kocho

Michelle Kocho — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:58:16 +0000

Hi Cindy I am in Australia and very, very new to clay of any sort. I am interested in learning about air-dry clays, and metal clays. I don’t have a kiln and am not in a position to get one where I am. Will you be covering these types of clays on your site. Thanks, Michelle

By: Cindy Lietz@Using Polymer Clay To Fix a Broken Pocket Knife

Cindy Lietz@Using Polymer Clay To Fix a Broken Pocket Knife — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:41:37 +0000

@MARYL S: Welcome to the site! If you don’t already know, there is a search box at the top of the page that is very helpful for finding all kinds of specific information wrt polymer clay stuff. As far as fixing your broken flower petals, are they made of polymer clay? What are they attached to? Can it be baked? In order to provide you with assistance, a bit more info is required.

By: MARYL S

MARYL S — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:56:27 +0000

I was happy to read your editorial on polymer clay. I took classes in Florida but now having moved to the Huntsville, Alabama area, I have not had any luck in finding an interest in this area. I make’ flower arrangements and would like to find out more on the subject. Also can I repair the petals as some were broken in my move. I look forward to hearing from you. Blessings to you and yours.

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Videos

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Videos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:05:16 +0000

You try sculpey.com Beverly, they have some polymer clay projects and stuff there.

There is also tons of general polymer clay information here at this site that will be helpful for you in working with your bic lighter idea. Click the links at the side of the page for more information. And be sure to use the search feature at the top of each page.

Finally, you can also type in a keyword like “polymer clay bic lighters” into Google for additional resources.

By: Beverly Bullard

Beverly Bullard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:11:08 +0000

Hi, I am interest in learning how to work with polymer clay, but no in beads. Am interested in animals, people and objects. Any suggestions. Have a blessed week.

At his feet
Bev

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Basics Course

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Basics Course — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:05:16 +0000

Hi Maryw,

The best Advice I can give you is to go through my polymer clay basics course. It will definitely get you up to speed very quickly with all of the questions you have… and much, much more. The link by my name above will take you to the course information and order page.

Alternatively, there is lots of free information about the specific baking and polymer clay oven questions that you have brought up. You can do some research by typing keywords into the search box at the top left of this page.

By: Maryw

Maryw — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:11:43 +0000

I am looking forward to seeing more of your site and future videos. I am very new to polymer clay, I wanted to know if there will be a basic video. My most basic question is how long can a “project” be left uncovered or can it? I intend to make small projects and/or beads and don’t want to bake until I have a decent quantity to put in the oven. Also can I use a toaster oven or does it have to be a reg. sized oven?

thanks for your help!
Maryw

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Perfectly Round Beads

Cindy Lietz@Making Perfectly Round Beads — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:46:20 +0000

I took the time this morning to respond to a question that was posted at a different article here at the blog. The comment relates to topic of this page so I am providing a back link to my response. You can click on the “Making Perfectly Round Beads” link by my name above if you want to see more.

The comment/question started out like this… “…that was evil. Why would you post content online that is not free?”

My response… ” I hope you are joking about me being evil. But you may not be. So if you would like to know some of my reasons why I think Free is not always best…” [Follow the link by my name above to read the rest of my response].

By: Cindy Lietz@Tools for Polymer Clay

Cindy Lietz@Tools for Polymer Clay — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:14:55 +0000

The video coming up this week in my video newsletter shows you how to condition the harder clays like Fimo using a food processor, so make sure you watch that. This video will be going out later this week to everyone on the Guest List.

As far as your other question Cynister, it is possible to make a dummy core to conserve clay. I'll put that on my list of things to address in future posts, so stay tuned!

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