{"id":4646,"date":"2009-07-03T03:05:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2009-07-02T18:06:34","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T01:06:34","slug":"studio-sculpey-polymer-clay-vs-premo-sculpey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/studio-sculpey-polymer-clay-vs-premo-sculpey\/4646\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Studio by Sculpey Polymer Clay and Premo Sculpey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-07\/03-studio-sculpey.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Studio by Sculpey Polymer Clay\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two Artist Quality Clays Made By Polyform:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the June 10, 2009 post I published some first impression notes about my new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/studio-by-sculpey-polymer-clay-oven-bake-clay-bead-making\/4403\/\">Studio By Sculpey<\/a> clay. Today I&#8217;d like to carry on with that discussion by comparing the Studio Clay<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> to Premo&#8230; two different products made by the same company (Polyform).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Out of the package Studio clay is softer than Premo, at least compared to the Premo packages I currently have. However, the softness is not nearly as sticky as what you see with other soft clays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio clay works nicely for making quick and easy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/tear-drop-method-polymer-clay-skinner-blend\/2613\/\">Teardrop Blends<\/a>. But since the Studio colors are somewhat muted as compared to the more &#8216;pure&#8217; colors of Premo, the Studio blends have more of a tendency to turn muddy. Though if you like earth tone colors, they are definitely pleasing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Simple canes can be made with Studio by Sculpey. But since this product is so soft, I have my suspicions on whether detailed canes will work with it. But I will try some and let you know.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio mixes together fine with Premo Sculpey. I didn&#8217;t find any white dots in the clay, like others have reported. From what I&#8217;ve heard those dots occur when the clay is not fully mixed, though I didn&#8217;t see them at any stage of the mixing process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio clay can be mixed with Premo in the same Teardrop or Skinner Blend. Did not run into any problems doing this.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio doesn&#8217;t seem to trap air bubbles as badly as other soft clays. Not sure if it is the suede like texture that is responsible for this&#8230; but it is a nice feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I strength tested some sheets of baked Studio and Premo, using samples from both the thickest setting of my pasta machine, as well as the thinnest. There did seem to be a bit more flexibility and strength in the Studio by Sculpey clay, but the difference wasn&#8217;t huge. There was no strength loss in the mix of Premo and Studio at all.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio when baked has a matte suede finish whereas the Premo is glossier and smoother.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Studio clay makes the coolest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/faux-leather-rose-beads-studio-by-sculpey-polymer-clay\/4509\/\">faux leather rose beads<\/a>. I&#8217;ve also made up some other polymer clay leather projects which I&#8217;ll show you in another post.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">At this stage, I&#8217;m feeling like the Studio by Sculpey product clay is going to work best for projects that involve stamping and faux finishes. And I&#8217;ll stick to Premo Sculpey for canes and bead techniques using translucent, and anything I want to sand to a high shine. Though I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll use both clays in other ways as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I&#8217;m thinking of making up some custom color palettes using the Studio by Sculpey Clay. Would that be of interest? Or should I stick with giving you just Premo and Fimo recipe cards instead? Let me know&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Artist Quality Clays Made By Polyform: In the June 10, 2009 post I published some first impression notes about my new Studio&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">35<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2740],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supplies","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}