Oh yeah !! You have some heck of a collection there!! I would give a vital organ to have a craft room!! When I had an extra room I couldn't be bothered. Now that I don't I have got about $10,000.00 worth of craft supplies and machinery piled sky high in the corner of my bedroom. Which is VERY bad for my ADHD mind! I cannot work unless things are neat and organized. And right now it's like squeezing 10 pounds of crap into a 5 pound bag! So NOTHING is neat and organized!
DONT USE SMALL PLASTIC "ZIPLOCK" BEAD BAGS!! (I have just seen this suggestion multiple times in multiple articles.)I bought bead bags slightly larger than a 2oz block of polymer clay. I labeled them all with the brand, color and the cooking temp. I organized them neatly in a box with all of the unopened clay in a dark closet. It had been a year or 2 since I gone into the box. But when I did...EVERY SINGLE BEAD BAG split open! The "permanent" marker that I wrote the information on the bag with had faded and or wiped off. None of the articles that suggested bead bags mentioned any specific kind. Like you named specific recycling numbers. So needless to say I have a sizeable amount of clay that has been laying in a box exposed for quite some time. I will hold onto it and see what I can do with it when the occasion arrives. I am an equal opportunity crafter. I get my hands into everything. I recently was able to beat the heck out of a few hard lumps of black clay while also using softener. I did it!! It took some work. And literally beating it so it was noisey! Lol. Something I have NEVER understood is why so many people answer the same way. Often when someone asks about hard clay I see so many people respond by telling them to condition the clay in their pasta roller?? Why would they suggest that? It's dam near impossible to do. At least with HARD clay. IF (big if) you are able to get it into the machine. It just crumbles and falls everywhere. Yes...once you soften the clay up some then you can continue to condition it in the roller. But to be able to stick a hard lump of clay in the roller is just an exercise in futility.
Your work is incredible. I just recently got into polymer clay. I attempted making my California kingsnake as my first project and he came out a little wonky to say the least. I aspire to be half as talented as you.
If you have an opened pack you should put a card or something in the front of that colour on the bookcase. If the card is only small you'll be able to see the color behind. It would mean not having to check your opened box. Beth xx
Love this video! If you are still sculpting, I would love it if you could do a Leopard gecko. My son has been practicing sculpting them but there’s not many videos specifically for those and it’s very similar to this AFT so he’s been following this one!
I kind of followed this video but insted of paint i used clay and it was smaller, but this video helped a lot and my clay looks a lot better now! Amazing work!
This tutorial is lovely! My boyfriend lives far away, so I can't get him a real box of chocolates--I was thinking of sculpting him some, instead! I've never really worked with polymer clay before but this tutorial is just what I was looking for :D A suggestion! It would be helpful if you could link or list the materials you used in the description :)
