Comments on: Polymer Clay Videos | Jupiter Bead, Faux Raku, Watercolor Techniques http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/ "Make What You Love... Love What You Make!" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan B http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33161 Susan B Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:36:34 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33161 @Nevena: hi, I checked my Cernit and sure enough the harder clay is made in Germany whereas the softer opaque white I recently bought is made in Belgium. The labels on the packets are slightly different too. I much prefer the harder clay which holds it shape much better when making canes. I have to keep putting the canes I made using the Belgium clay in the freezer to harden up! @Nevena: hi, I checked my Cernit and sure enough the harder clay is made in Germany whereas the softer opaque white I recently bought is made in Belgium. The labels on the packets are slightly different too. I much prefer the harder clay which holds it shape much better when making canes. I have to keep putting the canes I made using the Belgium clay in the freezer to harden up!

]]> By: Nevena http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33160 Nevena Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:33:31 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33160 @Susan B : You have no idea how much i understand you! It was so hard for me to press the roses that i had made so carefully,i even wanted somebody else to do the test as it was pretty much for me.As far as i remeber Marie's advice for baking teperature was 275F(Cernit),but if you have nice results with different temperature,keep up with it. @Susan B : You have no idea how much i understand you! It was so hard for me to press the roses that i had made so carefully,i even wanted somebody else to do the test as it was pretty much for me.As far as i remeber Marie’s advice for baking teperature was 275F(Cernit),but if you have nice results with different temperature,keep up with it.

]]> By: Susan B http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33108 Susan B Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:49:31 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33108 @Nevena: I made a bangle over the weekend which was quite thin (about 1mm) and I cured it for one hour at 110°C. It has turned out to be very flexible and has no cracks. My problem is that I don't want to actually "try" breaking it because I was pleased with how it turned out! Perhaps I will try making one out of scrap clay just as an experiment and see if I can actually break it. I will check where my Cernit is made and let you know. @Nevena: I made a bangle over the weekend which was quite thin (about 1mm) and I cured it for one hour at 110°C. It has turned out to be very flexible and has no cracks. My problem is that I don’t want to actually “try” breaking it because I was pleased with how it turned out! Perhaps I will try making one out of scrap clay just as an experiment and see if I can actually break it. I will check where my Cernit is made and let you know.

]]> By: Nevena http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33083 Nevena Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:27:39 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33083 @Susan B About the cracking pendants-i am still studing the properties of polymers but my feeling is that it can not break beacuse it is thin(at first i thought it can) beacuse of the process that occur during curing-if done right it creates a strong bond no matter how thin it is-it can bend but not break.This is how i feel the thing from where i am up to. @Susan B About the cracking pendants-i am still studing the properties of polymers but my feeling is that it can not break beacuse it is thin(at first i thought it can) beacuse of the process that occur during curing-if done right it creates a strong bond no matter how thin it is-it can bend but not break.This is how i feel the thing from where i am up to.

]]> By: Nevena http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33082 Nevena Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:19:37 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33082 @Susan B Hi Susan! I am also very pleasantly surprised to "see" another Cernit user.My situation is absolutely the same-this is the only clay sold in my town,in only one shop.I live in Bulgaria-the clay that i have is very stiff(most of the colours that i use),although i have purchased some Kato from abroad and right now i don't know which one is stiffer:) I wrote to Marie Segal-she uses Cernit also and she told me to check the package-to see where the clay is made.Mine says "The Clay Factory,Germany",She said that right now they made it in Belgium and it is not that hard.Perhaps your clay is made in Belgium too? I used to think that my white is stiff-until i tried Kato white-(it might be just my case) -i couldn't condition this at all. @Susan B Hi Susan! I am also very pleasantly surprised to “see” another Cernit user.My situation is absolutely the same-this is the only clay sold in my town,in only one shop.I live in Bulgaria-the clay that i have is very stiff(most of the colours that i use),although i have purchased some Kato from abroad and right now i don’t know which one is stiffer:)
I wrote to Marie Segal-she uses Cernit also and she told me to check the package-to see where the clay is made.Mine says “The Clay Factory,Germany”,She said that right now they made it in Belgium and it is not that hard.Perhaps your clay is made in Belgium too?
I used to think that my white is stiff-until i tried Kato white-(it might be just my case) -i couldn’t condition this at all.

]]> By: Susan B http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33052 Susan B Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:53:47 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33052 @Nevena: hi, it's great to hear about another Cernit user. It is the only clay that is easily available near me so it is what I almost always use. I have had a couple of pendents crack but have always put it down to the fact that the clay was too thin. Perhaps with the higher temperature, however, they might have become stronger so I will try this too. I have noticed that the opaque white which I recently bought seems to be a lot softer than it used to be. Have you found this to be the case too? @Nevena: hi, it’s great to hear about another Cernit user. It is the only clay that is easily available near me so it is what I almost always use. I have had a couple of pendents crack but have always put it down to the fact that the clay was too thin. Perhaps with the higher temperature, however, they might have become stronger so I will try this too. I have noticed that the opaque white which I recently bought seems to be a lot softer than it used to be. Have you found this to be the case too?

]]> By: Nevena http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33034 Nevena Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:19:10 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33034 Happy Easter to everybody! Happy Easter to everybody!

]]> By: Nevena http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-33033 Nevena Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:17:58 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-33033 Thank you Cindy! Phaedrakat-yes it was Cernit and yes i used and oven thermometer-i even planned to go further -buying another thermometer that will check the measurments of the first one as this rose problem gave me a hard time,but at one moment the roses stopped cracking and i remained with just one thermometer:) Thank you Cindy!

Phaedrakat-yes it was Cernit and yes i used and oven thermometer-i even planned to go further -buying another thermometer that will check the measurments of the first one as this rose problem gave me a hard time,but at one moment the roses stopped cracking and i remained with just one thermometer:)

]]> By: Phaedrakat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-32977 Phaedrakat Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:38:54 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-32977 @<a href="#comment-32938">Nevena</a>: Hi Nevena, what kind of clay was this? Cernit? It seems like the various clays are starting to have even greater differences in "best" baking temperatures... Also, did you check the temperature with an oven thermometer, or just go by your oven's dial? Just curious about this high temperature thing. I know it's great for Kato, I'm wondering if this is the case for Cernit as well... (the package directions are much lower, same thing for Fimo.) @Nevena: Hi Nevena, what kind of clay was this? Cernit? It seems like the various clays are starting to have even greater differences in “best” baking temperatures… Also, did you check the temperature with an oven thermometer, or just go by your oven’s dial? Just curious about this high temperature thing. I know it’s great for Kato, I’m wondering if this is the case for Cernit as well… (the package directions are much lower, same thing for Fimo.)

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Puffy Beads Tutorial http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-videos-jupiter-bead-faux-raku-watercolor-techniques/5042/#comment-32967 Cindy Lietz@Puffy Beads Tutorial Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:33:10 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?p=5042#comment-32967 @<a href="#comment-32938">Nevena</a>: Congratulations on your success! That is fantastic news. Way to go! @Nevena: Congratulations on your success! That is fantastic news. Way to go!

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