July 13, 2008
Premo Sculpey Clay and Kato Clay Recipes for Blue Beads and Jewelry
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.
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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:
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Comments on Premo Sculpey Clay and Kato Clay Recipes for Blue Beads and Jewelry »
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!