Whether you’re just learning how to make polymer clay beads or you are a seasoned Fimo artist, these blue jewelry bead color ideas are for you!
Think of a crisp bright sky, smooth rolling ocean waves, the earthy grey-blue hue of stones along a Navahoe brook. Cool, refreshing, relaxing colors are found in this selection of blue Premo and Kato recipes for mixing polymer clay.
 The recipes that were previously posted in this space [Teal Pearl, Storm Cloud, Blue-Green, Turquoise, Mosaic Tile] have been re-formated onto convenient downloadable index cards like the sample pictured to the left.
The actual size of each recipe card is 4″ x 6″. Two recipe cards are published every single week. The A-Series cards are included with the weekly video membership option at my Polymer Clay Tutor Library (Very Affordable Pricing :) And the B-Series (Bonus Recipes) are available for FREE to everyone who subscribes to my Polymer Clay Tutor Guest List (Weekly Email Newsletter). |
Premo Sculpey Clay and Kato Clay are excelent polymer clays for mixing because of their pigment content and artist based color palette. And if you really really want to get great at mixing blue bead and blue jewelery clay color recipes, read this article:
Mixing it up with Maggie Maggio
For a list of all the recipes I’ve posted to date, you can click on this link:
Polymer Clay Color Mixing Ideas
Blue is a great color for beads and for nature. Besides flowers you can use blue for “food” beads (ie: blueberries, use with transparent clay to make jello beads with inclusions, use with white clay to make blue cheese, etc…)
Any other fun & unusual ideas for Blue?
I just wanted to let you know I have been able to access the videos and recipe cards I signed up for.
Also, I see on some of your recipes that you use Kato clay. I purchased some recently from an on-line retailer and it was so dried out and crumbly I had to work with it over a garbage can. I wonder if you have had this experience with Kato clay. It bakes beautiful and produces a nice product, but I don’t know if I have the patience to go through the conditioning necessary when it crumbles so badly.
Anyway, I wondered if you have had that experience with Kato clay.
I’m enjoying your web site and watching your videos. I’m excited about trying your ideas and mixing your recipes. Color mixing is not something I’m especially good at so it’s really helpful to me to have access to color recipes.
Best regards,
Deborah
So glad you are enjoying the member videos and recipes, Deborah.
In regards to Kato Clay, I personally have not run into the problem you described, but I’ve heard that others have. The upside to a hard crumbly clay is that once you do get it conditioned, it works great for canes.
To make the conditioning easier, you may consider using an old food processor. Follow the link by my name for more info if you like. You can also type “food processor” into the search box at the top of the page to discover other articles about polymer clay food processor techniques.
Hope that helps. If you still need help don’t hesitate to ask!
Cindy, Do you plan on doing any more recipes for kato clay? Thanks, Debbi
Hi Debbi,
My plan is to do more with Kato Clay. But I just have not gotten around to placing an order.
SIDE NOTE: When you are commenting on other posts here at the blog, feel free to mention that you would like more information and recipes for the Kato Clay Brand of polymer clay. That way, others will hopefully pipe up and say something as well.
I treat these comments kind of like votes. If enough people ask for something… then I put more energy into publishing videos/recipes/articles about that topic.
So if there is interest from others about Kato Clay, let me know….
Hi Cindy.
I’m using Kato clay because I have to cure items a number of times and it doesn’t color-shift and holds shape well.
But crumbly! And hard! I didn’t realize the food processor would help and I’ll try it. Is it possible to use mix-quick by fimo in it? I’ve used the liquid Kato to soften, but it’s sticky.
I’d like to stick with one brand of clay, so anything on Kato clay would help. (PS the supplier tells me the makers are working on crumbling/hardness problem, by the way.)
Hi lj! I haven’t had problems with color shifts with Premo but then again I’m not trying to match the clay to glass beads, like you might be. I can also bake the Premo as many times as I want and have found it holds its shape pretty good, so I haven’t found the need to switch brands yet.
I haven’t really worked with Kato, so I am not positive whether the Fimo Mix Quick will work with it or not. I have mixed it into Fimo, Premo and Sculpey and it works great, so I suspect it will work with Kato too. But I would definitely test it first.
I’m glad to hear they are working on the crumbling problem because that sort of thing can be very frustrating for a beginner. They often think they have done something wrong and give up trying.
I do hope to start working with Kato soon, so I can be more helpful to those of you who love working with it. Thanks for commenting!
I have bought some premo sculpey clay and am trying to get it to hold together so I can roll it but all it will do is crumble and not stay together. Is there anything I can do to stop this or is there such a thing that it old clay and never will stay together. I am very frustrated.
One other question is Fimo *Effect* is it to be used only for effect or can you use and bake it like all the other clays and is it as strong. As you can see I am new at this and have bought your videos and you make it look so easy right out of the package.
Please I do need some help
Thanks Barb
Hi Barb,
I addressed this very same question just the other day. You can click on the “Soften Polymer Clay” link by my name above to see my response.
For your Fimo Effect question, your first step would be to type “Fimo Effect” into the search box at the top of any page here at the blog. I have discussed it in other articles. Often these topics are mentioned in the comments section following the articles.
If you don’t get adequate answers after doing a search, simply post a follow up question in the comments section of any article here at the blog. Someone will respond.
Talk soon,
Cindy