{"id":4719,"date":"2009-07-10T03:05:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T10:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2010-02-06T19:21:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T03:21:02","slug":"11-sculpey-iii-polymer-clay-color-mixing-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/11-sculpey-iii-polymer-clay-color-mixing-recipes\/4719\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Complimentary Sculpey III Polymer Clay Color Mixing Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Big Thanks to Carrie for Sharing These Wonderful Custom Colors:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In my opinion, Sculpey III<\/a> is actually not the best polymer clay for beginners to start out with. The soft and sticky nature of this product can make it<\/span> more difficult to control, especially with anything sculptural. Plus it can get brittle in the oven during the baking process.<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, if you understand it’s strengths and weaknesses, Scupley III can be a great product for specific types of projects. For example, Lisa Clarke<\/a> who is a well respected artist in the polymer clay community, says “…it’s the only thing I will cane with!”<\/span><\/p>\n

Now as most of you probably know, I publish weekly color recipe cards. Most all of them to date have been based on the Premo Sculpey<\/a> product. However, some requests for Sculpey III recipes have been coming in lately, like this one from Jaime…<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m a jeweltones girl myself. That’s why I love the sculpey III and the Premo so much. I find that mixtures of the two provide a good strong clay if that’s needed. And I cant find the colors they have from any of the other clay brands. I don’t mind working a bit harder to condition my clays because the results I get are so good. Besides, my Black and Decker handy chopper and a little diluent takes care of any stubborn tough clays. Any chance of a couple Sculpey III recipes Cindy? Hee hee hee. XOXO ~Jamie<\/strong><\/span>
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As luck would have it, just 2 days before Jaime posted her request, another valued member asked if she could share her Sculpey III recipes with everyone. How serendipitous!<\/span><\/p>\n

Cindy, I recently sat down and played around with color mixing. I use Sculpey III most of the time (I know, this is a no no in your opinion) as I have cold hands for the most part and have a hard time working with anything else. After reading through some blog posts, I found that several visitors of the site use it as well. I came up with some really great color recipes and would like to know if you would be interested in posting some on your site. I would be more than happy to share them, sometimes I have more fun mixing colors than I do bead making! ~Carrie<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So without further adieu, here is Carrie’s first batch of Sculpey III color recipes. They are listed in order as they appear (<\/span>starting top row, left to right) <\/span>in the above photo. <\/span><\/p>\n