{"id":20317,"date":"2016-04-18T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=20317"},"modified":"2016-04-14T19:54:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T02:54:48","slug":"wink-stella-luna-brush-ink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wink-stella-luna-brush-ink\/20317\/","title":{"rendered":"Wink of Stella and Wink of Luna Brush Ink"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wink<\/a>Video #730:<\/span> Let’s see if the inks from these Japanese scrapbooking brushes are compatible with polymer clay, or not.<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Today in the PcT Test Lab, we are going to answer the question… “Will Wink of Stella & Wink of Luna, work with polymer clay?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have never heard of these Wink products, they are a water based pigment ink in a brush pen that is designed to add sparkle to your paper projects. They are made by a Japanese company, Kuretake.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two lines of these brush ink pens… Wink of Stella, which is a line of glitter inks… and Wink of Luna which are Metallic Inks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a water based pigment ink, I figured it probably would be compatible with polymer clay, so I wanted to bring it to the PcT Test Lab to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

I added the Wink of Luna ink to some sample pieces over 6 months ago, so that they had a good length of time to properly test for compatibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the video when I showed how they work on paper, unfortunately the lighting does not show off the fabulous sparkle of the Wink of Stella pen, which is too bad, because it is very pretty!<\/span><\/p>\n

For my polymer clay samples, I tested the Gold Wink of Luna pen on two types of polymer clay… (1) White Premo Sculpey and (2) Igloo Sculpey Souffle. For both the Premo and the Souffle samples I tested the ink on raw clay which was then baked… and I also tested on clay that was already baked. <\/span><\/p>\n

As well, I apply sealers such as Renaissance Wax and Golden Polymer Gloss Varnish, to see if the ink would bleed or smear during application.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the video to see how things turned out…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n