![]() ![]() Imagine knitting or tying knots with ropes of it! Some people have successfully mixed the Bake and Bend clay with regular Premo to create a mixture that can be bent without breaking, after baking. Interesting clays for kids projects, they come in project kits.Bake and Bend & Eraser Clays by Polyform.Overall might be the best brand for making kids projects that will last for a long time- perhaps holiday ornaments, because it is not brittle after baking and projects made from it are pretty durable. Not quite as lightweight as Ultralight when baked. It is sold in project kits for kids, and that is a really great use for it as it is VERY soft, requires no conditioning, but it also has a “mushy” consistency and it is difficult to get it to hold any specific details (think playdough). if you can find this clay, it works a lot like colored Ultralight, after baking it is incredibly hard and not flexible in any way.Make your bead shape with a hole in it, bake it, and cover it with another kind of clay. It makes an excellent filler for larger polymer clay beads. You can carve into it too- it carves like butter when baked, making it a great choice for “faux wood” projects. It is only available in white, but you can gesso it, color it with markers, paint it with acrylics, or even spray mist it with colored inks. This clay is extremely soft and easy to knead, and becomes very hard after baking.That is its intended use, and it is used by the guys who sculpt action figures. ![]() So for example, you could create a beautiful sculpted object in SSF, bake it, and mold it to make duplicates. It is strong and holds details very well. Comes in gray only, great for making a master of something you would like to mold.Dust it with cornstarch first so it doesn’t stick together. It makes a great armature for a larger piece, great “bones” for dolls and creatures, and also makes a good baking support- for example, if you wanted to make a large item that needs to be propped during baking, you could make the “prop” from Super Sculpey and then use it while baking the large item. Beige or “flesh colored,” this clay is easy to condition and very firm when baked.Not good for cane work in our opinion but there are people who do have success with it, we don’t prefer it as it will mush together under pressure. However, it works GREAT for art projects that won’t be touched much.Sculpey III can be mixed half and half with Premo to create new colors and add strength, in this way you could use it for veneers intended for wearables.Do not use alone for jewelry, it is not professional enough for a wearable item (it could break). It is usually used as a children’s or school clay. ![]() The colors blend easily, which is good for color mixing, however it is fairly soft and brittle after baking- especially when you make thin pieces. This clay is available in lots of colors. Easy to condition by hand, and to push through clay guns. Sculpey III is soft and easy to work with.It also does not hold up well under it’s own weight, so don’t make any LARGE art projects with it. It is not a good choice for anything wearable, touchable, or needing strength, as it has almost none after baking and is very brittle. Make little pieces to affix to a larger mixed-media wall hanging or sculpture. It is a good choice for small art projects, items that you might want to paint with gesso, acrylic colors or sprays. This clay is best used to work out your claying problems- keep some in the studio to make “mock-ups” of new ideas. Comes in white, terra cotta, and concrete colors, is VERY soft out of the package.It bakes at the same temp and time as the other Polyform clays, and can be mixed with them for color and texture variations. It is also incredibly flexible and strong- there's a video on our YouTube channel featuring Kira bending pieces of the baked clay in half, and they snap back to their original shape. This makes it great for accepting acrylic paints and alcohol ink markers, as it has a "tooth" after baking. ![]()
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