{"id":2613,"date":"2009-02-17T03:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T11:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2011-04-05T23:22:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T06:22:54","slug":"tear-drop-method-polymer-clay-skinner-blend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/tear-drop-method-polymer-clay-skinner-blend\/2613\/","title":{"rendered":"Tear Drop Method | The Quickest Skinner Blend You’ll Ever Make"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QuickVid #95:<\/span> Get Smooth Polymer Clay Color Gradients 10 Times Faster:
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If the normal Skinner Blend method of rolling, cutting and placing flat triangles of clay seems tedious to you (or difficult to understand)<\/em>… then you are going to love my tear drop approach to making beautiful and smooth polymer clay color gradients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now don’t get me wrong, I think Judith Skinner is a true Polymer Clay Hero. She came up with a clay color blending technique (The Skinner Blend<\/a>) that vastly improved upon the original Stepped Method for mixing and blending polymer clay colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before Judith came along, polymer clay artists used this Stepped Method to laboriously measure and mix clay colors more like a cooking recipe. For example, to make a blended color sheet that went from white to blue, you would mix separate color batches starting with 1 part blue + 5 parts white; Then 2 parts blue + 4 parts white; Then 3 parts blue + 3 parts white; And so on until you had six shades of blue from light to dark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then these shades were stacked to get a gradated blend. The more shades you made, the smoother the blend appeared. But it was always ‘stepped’ and never perfect. And as you can imagine, it was a ton of work!<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Judith showed up and used her scientific brain to devise a much easier and faster method.
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