{"id":18408,"date":"2014-03-10T03:05:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T10:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18408"},"modified":"2016-04-28T21:09:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T04:09:18","slug":"acrylic-roller-essential-polymer-clay-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/acrylic-roller-essential-polymer-clay-tools\/18408\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acrylic Roller &#8211; An Essential Polymer Clay Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18408#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-03\/10-90496-acrylic-roller.jpg\" alt=\"Essential Polymer Clay Tools - Acrylic Roller\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #496:<\/span> For beginners, this acrylic hand rolling tool can even get you by if you don&#8217;t have a pasta machine yet.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Must Have Polymer Clay Tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Polymer Clay Acrylic Roller is one of those essential polymer clay tools that every clayer should start with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It&#8217;s a tool that you will also continue to use as your skills with polymer clay advance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Acrylic Rod 1&#8243; Diameter, 8&#8243; Long, polished smooth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Several companies sell them including Sculpey, Staedtler (Fimo) and AMACO.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Perfect for rolling flat, smooth sheets of polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Also used for reducing canes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some people use the sides of glass bottles, round pens or wooden rolling pins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Acrylic Roller advantages are: Glassy smooth; Non-reactive surface; Non-stick;\u00a0 Easy clean; Large 8&#8243; length; Nice weight for rolling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You should not use a wooden rolling pins. The disadvantages include: Wood grain leaves marks on the clay; Wood absorbs oils in clay; Wood grain swells from oils in the polymer clay; Clay sticks to wood.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some Plastic Rollers will react to clay and cause it to stick. So watch for that if you don&#8217;t buy a roller that is sold for use with polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Acrylic Brayer Option: Nice to have addition to the acrylic roller; Half the size at 4&#8243; rod length; One hand operation; Nice for reducing canes; But harder to find.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Your acrylic roller will be a great investment&#8230; you&#8217;ll have it forever and use it often!<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kjg9l0YLz28?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Side Note: One of my jewelry tool storage ideas was published in the Feb-Mar 2014 issue of Step by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interweavestore.com\/step-by-step-wire-jewelry-feb-mar-2014\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Step Wire Jewelry Magazine<\/a>. The article written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronnasarvasweltman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Ronna Sarvas Weltman<\/a>, was called <em>&#8220;Smart Design and Clever Storage for Your Jewelry Studio.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1WtDTzB\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Acrylic Rod on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1WtE8uj\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Acrylic Brayer on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17266\">Jewelry Tool Storage<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18350\">Essential Polymer Clay Tools &#8211; Oven Thermometer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17870\">Faux Abalone Tutorial<\/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=kjg9l0YLz28\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Essential Polymer Clay Tools &#8211; Acrylic Roller<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 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 #496: For beginners, this acrylic hand rolling tool can even get you by if you don&#8217;t have a pasta machine yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2662],"tags":[2682,2740],"class_list":["post-18408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-cane-management","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18408","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}