My daughter got some air dry clay and liked it so we stepped up her game and got oven bake clay. I think I'm using it more than she is! Working on a snail army with creepy human faces.

Any tips on making mouths/lips would be much appreciated lmaoooo

I am making a clock out of this piece of toast I made with Polymer clay. I need to drill a hole in the middle, how do I do that without it cracking? I'm new to polymer clay and have never drilled into it before!

Hi folks! I just got a clay kit from my library and made an elephant using polymer clay. How do i cure it. The instruction booklet recommended baking in an oven. I am not so comfortable putting it in my oven that i use for baking food. Are there other options? How about a heat gun? Thank you!

I'm working on organizing my craft space and I like to work with polymer clay (mostly earrings). I was wondering how everyone stored their clay blades? I have a few that came in clear boxes but others that came 'loose' (sculpey blades with handles). I want them to be close at hand since I use them constantly but can't quite decide how to store them. Any other organizational ideas are very welcome! I'm wanting everything to be easily packed and moved onto a utility cart when I'm not using my table for clay stuff.

Not the sculpey one that is white when it comes out of the bottle. What brand is actually clear liquid?

The transparent liquid clay that is white out of the bottle makes the color extra light when I am mixing it with other clay or pastel. I’ve seen other creators use a clear liquid clay and mixed their colors with it.

I made a sculpture and it was very smooth before, because I sanded it. Now I'm using acrylic paint and the smoothness is gone. It's not heavily textured, but some brush strokes are still visible, and since I'm a perfectionist this is making me irritated lol. What kind of brushes are good for polymer clay figures? I tried thinning the paint down with water, but now I need to make 3-4 coats so the paint looks even. I don't use the most cheap acrylics, they are from a pretty solid brand. But it's not for figure painting/polymer clay.

How do I achieve a really smooth finish, can I just sand it again after painting it?

It’s not the best, but I’m pretty happy with the results! My brother loves Lapras and my niece loves Tandemaus.

Made this as a special request for a baby shower! Used Premo. Filled the lines with liquid clay. UV resin of top the feet.

Let me know if this kind of post isn’t allowed, I’m new to the community (and to polymer clay!) I received this tool in day 2 of my craft supplies advent calendar. I know for sure that it’s for clay, and I’ve seen identical tools in other clay tool kits, but I can’t seem to figure out what exactly this tool is for/where it might be useful. Is anybody able to help a beginner out and tell me what this is for?

The instructions I have with my clay are rather unclear, but it does say that you can boil it. My directions say to put the clay into cold water and start boiling it. Everything else I've seen about the boiling method says to get your water boiling before putting the clay in.... Wanted to ask here about anyone else's experience before I try it out.

Edit: sorry if this isn't very coherent. I'm pretty sick rn lol.

Newbie here… just using this photo as an example. When using more than one color, obviously pressing them together would make indents or flatten your clay. So do you-

A- Lay the two colors together seamlessly and then bake? Is baking them enough to bond them together?

or

B- Baked separately and use clay adhesive to bond after baking?

I made this framed piece for a friend who owns a worm farm. So silly!

Gran gave me her old toaster oven and didn't think about the element so close to his face. I was planning to paint a bit anyway

Hi all,

Aspiring polymer clay sculptor here. All the figure sculpts I see have armatures anchored into a base. What if one wanted to sculpt a free-standing figure without a base? Would you attempt to sculpt the feet past the armature, use a rotary blade to cut excess wire, or perhaps another way?

Thanks all!