{"id":146,"date":"2017-04-10T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/yellow-fimo-clay-color-recipes-making-polymer-clay-jewelry\/146\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:43:45","slug":"baking-curves-into-polymer-clay-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/baking-curves-into-polymer-clay-pieces\/146\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking Curves Into Your Polymer Clay Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=146#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2017-04\/10-90773-baking-curves.jpg\" alt=\"Baking Curves - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #773:<\/span> Those old burnt-out filament light bulbs you&#8217;ve been hoarding will come in very handy for this technique.<\/span><\/strong> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In today&#8217;s video I&#8217;m going to show you how to bake curves right into your thin pieces of polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you form the flexible clay into a curve while it is still ray, and then bake, the shape will stay in place after you remove the item from the oven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is very easy to do and there are many options for baking forms that you can utilize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Basically, any curved item that can handle the low temperatures which polymer clay bakes at (up to 300F), can be used as a form. There are many metal, glass, ceramic, cardboard, paper, and wood items that will work. Those old-school incandescent light bulbs that you have not been able to throw away because you knew they would come in handy someday, will work beautifully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In today&#8217;s video, I show several polymer clay jewelry creations that were baked with curves, as well as several different forms that you can probably find in your home or kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Take a look around your house and see if you can find some interesting (heat safe) form items that you may be able to use in your polymer clay studio. Have fun!<\/span><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybCUpmY1Umw?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16558#video\">Faux Flaking Rust Vol-056 Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18114#video\">Faux Enamel &#038; Viking Knit Vol-067 Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17870#video\">Faux Abalone Paua Cuff Vol-065 Polymer Clay Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18728#video\">Reptile Hollow Lentil Bead Vol-074 Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19193#video\">Use A Foil Pan Lid To Protect Polymer Clay In The Oven<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Amazon Affiliate Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2nPUJfi\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Amazon Affiliate Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2oeGELv\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Premo Graduated Circle Cutters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ybCUpmY1Umw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">How-To Bake Curves Into Polymer Clay Pieces<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #773: Those old burnt-out filament light bulbs you&#8217;ve been hoarding will come in very handy for this technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2662],"tags":[2633,975,2740],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-baking-polymer-clay","tag-necklaces-pendants-lanyards-accessories","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}