April 17, 2008
Roll Polymer Clay Into a Flat Sheet Using Bamboo Skewers
Vid #27: And You Thought Bamboo Skewers Were Just For Roasting Yummy Stuff on the Barbecue:
This tip is for anyone who is getting started with polymer clay but does not have a pasta machine yet.
When you need to roll out a flat sheet of Fimo or Sculpey for making pendants, lay down barbecue skewers or chopsticks on either side of your piece of already conditioned polymer clay.
These skewers work great as guides to run your acrylic roller on top of in order to control the thickness of the flat polymer clay sheet.
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The full version of the "Rolling Flat Sheets Of Clay" preview video shown above, is included in my Polymer Clay Bead Making Fundamentals Course [SEE Video #23 of 39]. It has some valuable lessons for beginners who don't yet have a pasta machine or some of the other basic polymer clay tools.
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Comments on Roll Polymer Clay Into a Flat Sheet Using Bamboo Skewers »
Hi Cindy!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I was pleased to hear that you found the information on swaps useful!! :)
Thanks!
France
You're welcome France you have some lovely stuff on your blog. Thank you as well for stopping by!
In the tuorial mentioned above, I demonstrate how to roll clay using an acrylic roller. However, you could also use a straight-sided thick glass vase as an alternative. But be careful. It should go without saying that glass can break and cut you.
Besides using flat sheets of clay for making pendants, you can also use them for making striped canes and checkerboard canes.
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Cindy, do you think it's OK to run clay with flower petal inclusions through the pasta machine? Thanks!
Marsha, it should be OK if you use a thicker setting and the flower petals are very soft and in small pieces. If there are crunchy bits or thick globs of petals in your clay, I wouldn't risk scratching your pasta machine or pushing the rollers out of alignment with it.