{"id":8292,"date":"2010-02-07T03:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T11:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=8292"},"modified":"2010-02-26T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T00:17:41","slug":"kato-polyclay-color-recipes-pansy-flower-spring-color-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/kato-polyclay-color-recipes-pansy-flower-spring-color-palette\/8292\/","title":{"rendered":"Kato Polyclay Color Recipes | Pansy Flower Spring Color Palette"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pansy1B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Pansy
\n<\/span><\/strong>2B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>Viola<\/span><\/strong>
\n3B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lemon Zest
\n<\/span><\/strong>4B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>Midnight<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve got some great news (as well as some color recipes)<\/em> to share today, that will be especially exciting for everyone who uses Kato Polyclay.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Premo Sculpey Clay, and use it almost exclusively. It is an excellent artist quality clay, that is widely available in retail outlets at a good price.<\/span><\/p>\n

This means that my monthly color palettes (at least the most recent ones)<\/em>, are all based on Premo Clay. But there are many members and visitors here, who also use Kato Polyclay. And I can’t tell you how often the following question has come up…<\/span><\/p>\n

At some point, Cindy, will you start adding the color mixing recipes for KatoClay as well?<\/span> ~Jocelyn-C<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My response has always been some version of, “…if only there were more hours in the day.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But to my delight, I received an email from Sue Fisher just the other day. And all of you Kato’ers are going to absolutely love how this conversation turns out…<\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Cindy, I noticed you’re including B-series recipes from Volume-009 in your weekly newsletter for February. I really like the 009-B Pansy Flower Palette and replicated it in Kato Polyclay a little while ago, so I thought you (and your readers\/newsletter subscribers might be interested in the equivalent Kato recipes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following recipes are set up so that the cured Kato matches the cured Premo. They’re identical under the halogen lighting in my house. Recipes 2, 3 and 4 are also identical under the warm fluorescents in my garage although recipe 1 in Kato is less saturated than the Premo version under that lighting (I could probably fix that by reformulating it… some time! :D). I have to admit that I haven’t compared them specifically in daylight! And they are close but not identical in the unbaked state.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

~Sue-F<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MY RESPONSE: <\/strong><\/span>That’s Awesome Sue! I will definitely pass your Kato Polyclay recipes along to the group with your compliments. In fact, anytime you want to share your Kato conversions<\/em> of my Premo recipe palettes (for either the A series or the B series), I’d be happy to give you the spotlight. I know you are very meticulous with your methods and would provide accurate information. I also know that you would end up gaining a LOT of fans if you wanted to turn this into a habit<\/em> and have your own guest series of Kato recipe posts at the blog. I’m constantly getting emails asking if I’ll ever get around to doing this myself… and I always have to reply with my… “if-only-there-were-more-hours-in-the-day”<\/em> response. Let me know if this is of interest to you. It would be fun for you to get some recognition like this. ~Cindy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Cindy, I’d be happy to share my Kato conversions of your Premo colour palettes as I do them. I only recently decided to make all yours up — I’m just over half way through making the Premo versions of the recipes that I have, which are about two-thirds of the A-series and most of the B-series — with the intention of then doing Kato conversions for the colours and palettes that I wanted to try. I got to 009-B in Premo and thought “Ooooh, that’s nice!” so I converted that one out of my planned order, but I’ll definitely be doing quite a few more.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve just compared my 009-B Kato conversions with your Premo originals in daylight too, and did some minor adjustments… it’s really annoying how differently the Premo and Kato colours behave under different lighting conditions!!! But unless you’re holding the colour chips side-by-side like I’ve been doing, I don’t think the minor differences will matter! ;D<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll also assemble some of my other favourite Kato colour recipes and send them along in a little while, but I won’t be able to make that regular. I only get time for claying sporadically, unfortunately. (“If-only-there-were-more-hours-in-the-day” is a fairly widespread affliction.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s been interesting to do more with Premo than I have in the past (with Friday’s video as inspiration, I had fun making a few right-angle triangle kaleidoscope canes with some of the leftovers to see how it handled for canework). I still much prefer Kato myself — and would like to help you support others of similar ilk! — but I can see why Premo is hugely popular too. And I finally understand why you advocate cornstarch, baby wipes and rubbing alcohol!!! LOL<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ll send along more Kato conversions and recipes when I can. In the meantime, I hope you have a great weekend! :) All the best,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sue-F<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MY RESPONSE: <\/strong><\/span>Great news to hear that you’ll be able provide some “Kato Konversion” recipes for everyone’s benefit. I look forward to publishing them as you find the time to share. Look for the first installment soon, ~Cindy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So without further ado…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

009-1B Pansy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n