How To Use Polymer Clay Tools For Beginners

As always make sure you wash your hands before and after each time you work with polymer clay.

How to use polymer clay tools for beginners. However organizing it by type and color is helpful for future crafts. Watch in HD Tips and Tricks 1. With whatever design you have in mind tools will make your crafting process even easier.

For all my earrings I rolled the clay somewhere between 18 and 116 in thickness. Once you have created your polymer clay masterpieces you will need to bake them. Place another sheet of paper over the clay and press it down flat to get as much contact with the clay as possible.

Store your clay properly. All you have to do is take any two colors make two snakes twist those babies together and roll them into a ball before flattening them out with a roller. I tried using a sharp knife when I began making polymer clay jewellery but when I was cutting a cane the blade was too dull to make a clear cut.

Here are some tools you can use to enhance your creative experience whether youre a beginner or claying pro. You can find many tools you need throughout your home or you can shop our selection of tools which are easy to use and specially designed for polymer clay. The first technique I tried was marbling.

This is really just a fun exercise to get things started so dont worry about neatness at this stage. To start make sure you have a roller clay blade and a few sculpting tools. Grab some tools and a ball of clay and make some faces letters and numbers or perhaps a weird and wonderful creature.

Here Ive rolled a chunk of wooden dowel over the paper to ensure max flatness. This comprehensive video is aimed at beginners to polymer clay who want to get stuck into this craft but dont know where to startI go through the differen. You do this by leaving a small piece of clay lying on one of the bags.