How To Use Polymer Clay Tools For Beginners

Grab some tools and a ball of clay and make some faces letters and numbers or perhaps a weird and wonderful creature.

How to use polymer clay tools for beginners. Our polymer clay doesnt dry out so you dont have to worry about using air-tight packaging. Not the most exciting photo but these are my absolute essential when making anything with clay. If you warm the clay slightly but not enough to cause it to cure the clay will soften and become easier to work.

Try placing the package of clay. Store your clay properly. With whatever design you have in mind tools will make your crafting process even easier.

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. For all my earrings I rolled the clay somewhere between 18 and 116 in thickness. Flatten a ball of clay out onto a sheet of printer paper I used a chunk of dowel to speed it up.

The more you twist the more marbly your clay will turn out. Once you have created your polymer clay masterpieces you will need to bake them. This is really just a fun exercise to get things started so dont worry about neatness at this stage.

Test your bags first to make sure they are non-reactive. A good rule of thumb is to dedicate your polymer clay tools for crafting use only. 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. Watch in HD Tips and Tricks 1. You can enhance your skills and create amazing patterns for your jewellery when you learn the basics of canes.