{"id":19223,"date":"2014-11-27T03:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19223"},"modified":"2016-07-02T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T22:59:28","slug":"conditioning-polymer-clay-by-hand-without-any-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/conditioning-polymer-clay-by-hand-without-any-tools\/19223\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditioning Polymer Clay By Hand Without Any Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19223#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-11\/27-90596-condtioning-by-hand.jpg\" alt=\"Conditioning Polymer Clay By Hand - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #596:<\/span> If you are a beginner without a pasta machine, here&#8217;s how to condition polymer clay without hurting your hands.<\/span><\/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;\">In the past I have shown you how to condition clay using various different types of tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But I also know that some of you are just starting out with polymer clay and don&#8217;t any have tools yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show you some tips on how to condition clay by hand without hurting your wrists and hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">First warm up the clay in your hands or by placing in a warm (not hot) location.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some people like to sit on the clay (or put in bra) to initially warm up their blocks of polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Don&#8217;t squeeze or knead with fingers or thumbs. That will be hard on your muscles and joints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Instead, roll and press with the palm or heal of your hand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Continually twist and wiggle the clay to wake up the oils and plasticizers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Keep rolling and squishing clay with palm until clay is soft, pliable and workable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It can take a while by hand, but you still can do a good job of conditioning clay without any tools and without being too hard on your hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">However, if you have hand mobility issues, then you are going to have to invest in some tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using tools to condition polymer clay&#8230; like a pasta machine&#8230; the NEVERknead&#8230; or a food processor&#8230; will obviously help speed up the process.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbWh_QBmfOY?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=442\">Tools For Conditioning Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18408#video\">Acrylic Roller For Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18576#video\">Atlas 150 Pasta Machine<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3091\">Pasta Machine Motors<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19170#video\">NEVER Knead Polymer Clay Conditioning Tool<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18287#video\">Using Food Processor For Conditioning Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=90\">Conditioning Polymer Clay Without Trapping Air Bubbles<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1010\">Hand and Wrist Pain Prevention for Polymer Clay Artists<\/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=AbWh_QBmfOY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">How To Condition Polymer Clay By Hand Without Any Tools<\/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 #596: If you are a beginner without a pasta machine, here&#8217;s how to condition polymer clay without hurting your hands.<\/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":[2796,2726,2592],"class_list":["post-19223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-neverknead","tag-conditioning-polymer-clay","tag-health-wellness-polymer-clay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223","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=19223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}