{"id":19458,"date":"2015-02-12T03:05:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T11:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19458"},"modified":"2017-02-17T20:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T04:43:22","slug":"lucy-clay-brand-polymer-clay-bead-baking-rack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/lucy-clay-brand-polymer-clay-bead-baking-rack\/19458\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Clay Brand &#8211; Polymer Clay Bead Baking Rack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19458#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-02\/12-90629-lucy-clay-baker.jpg\" alt=\"Lucy Clay Tools Baker - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #629:<\/span> Announcing a new Canadian Distributor for Lucy Clay Tools. Special <em>(time sensitive)<\/em> discount coupon available below.<br \/>\n<\/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;\">Lucy Clay Tools is a company from the Czech Republic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There now is a new distributor for Lucy Tools in Canada&#8230; Diane Bruce of VanIslandJewels on Etsy (direct link is posted just below the video on this page).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Van Island Jewels (stands for Vancouver Island Jewelry, in Victoria BC).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">They ship to Canada and all around the world as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The LC Baker is short for Lucy Clay Baker and is a baking rack for polymer clay beads, pendants, charms and other polymer clay items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It has two baking surfaces at different levels, for baking flat polymer clay pieces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It also has an array of holes along each of the sides of the rack for supporting bead piercing pins or rods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The manufacturer does not include pins with this product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But after I had some back and forth discussions with Diane Bruce of VanIslandJewels about how it would make much more sense to include the bead pins, she has come up with her own supplier for the pins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When you purchase from Diane, she will include the bead piercing pins with each order.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This is cool because, to my knowledge, she is the only Lucy Clay Distributor at the time, that sells the LC Baker tool with the bead pins included.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What I love most about the Lucy Clay Baker is the size&#8230; it is 7-1\/2&#8243; x 8&#8243; x 2-1\/2&#8243; which is much bigger than the Amaco bead rack. This means can bake a lot more beads and pieces on this rack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The other thing I like is the second (top) layer. It is meant to be a baking surface, but I it really works great as a built-in tent that protects your pieces in the lower area of the baking rack, from scorching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There are a few things I do to get better performance out of this rack&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I would never bake a flat polymer clay piece on a surface that has holes in it. It will leave circular shadows or dents on the back of your polymer clay pieces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I also don&#8217;t like to bake directly onto a metal surface. It can cause hot spots, scorching and warping.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So I cut a double thicknesses of a manila file folder to fit the bottom and the top baking surface areas, to address this issue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are going to bake on the top surface, then make sure to also tent using a foil roasting pan that fits nicely. Don&#8217;t forget to check the height inside your oven to be sure it will all fit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I talk about the different types of skewers and mandrels that could be used for bead wires if you don&#8217;t have the wires that Diane includes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Btw&#8230; I have spoken with Diane since we filmed this video, and she will be sharpening the ends so YAY&#8230; you won&#8217;t need to do that yourself!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I Did file the points myself, on the pins she sent to me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I may also try tweaking the baker with some Sugru like I did to the Amaco Bead rack. See Sugru Hack reference video link below today&#8217;s video on this page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Diane also just let me know that all of you will receive 10% off your orders of $25.00 or more until Mar 31, 2015 if you use the Coupon Code: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CINDYLIETZ<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NeFRSi1GW9o?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/tidd.ly\/613e1dd7\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Bruce of VanIslandJewels on Etsy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=56#video\">Amaco Bead Baking Rack<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16030#video\">A Sugru Hack To Keep Amaco Bead Rack Pins in Place<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18918#video\">Compact Sculpey Clay Bead Baking Rack Review<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=102\">How to Make a Bead Baking Rack with Folded Card Stock<\/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=NeFRSi1GW9o\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Lucy Clay Baker &#8211; Polymer Clay Bead Baking Rack<\/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 #629: Announcing a new Canadian Distributor for Lucy Clay Tools. 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