What Polymer Clay is Best for Millefiori

I get asked this question a lot… "What polymer clay is best for millefiori?"

The answer is a firm clay that won't easily distort.

There are a few different brands of polymer clay that are best for millefiori or polymer clay cane making and some that are terrible.

The ones that are good are Fimo Classic, Premo, and Kato Clay. Fimo Classic is the firmest and therefore distorts the least when slicing or reducing the canes. However some artists find it hard to condition and work with. Both Premo and Kato Clay are easier to work with and are firm enough to make great polymer clay millefiori canes.

Since I am going on what I have heard about Kato Clay and have not actually used it myself yet, I recommend using Premo, which is easy to find and gets excellent results. Of course once I do try Kato I may like it better, so my recommendation may change.

The worst polymer clays for millefiori are the soft clays like Sculpey III and Fimo Soft. Since they are so soft, the image distorts easily down the length of the cane and smears when it is sliced into. If you want to try using these clays for caning you will need to firm up the clay considerably by leaching out some of the plasticizers on a piece of paper. Even with this technique you may find it difficult to achieve the detailed canework that you can achieve with Premo, Fimo Classic, and Kato Clay.

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