Hi all! I want to start getting into making figurines out of clay and also coasters. Seeing all the cool things you guys make inspired me.

However there is way too many kinds of clays and I don’t want to buy the wrong thing. I want to be able to paint it and add resin on it.

Can someone give me advice of what kind I want to get?

Thanks <3

I want the bottom part to be an orange slice and I want the underside to be just plain orange colour, I won’t make it detailed. Should I paint the underside and let it dry first so I can put it back upright? I’m just worried if I paint the whole thing and let it dry then the bottom will stick to whatever it’s drying on or it won’t actually properly dry. Hope I’m making sense lol!

Very excited about this! Of course not done yet, but I’m really enjoying working on this (‘: what’s the best sealant to use when I’m done and it’s all dry?

I really admire those who make realistic miniature furry animals and I started to make one and my model is my furbaby.

I've shown it to my partner and he said it looks great but I'm still missing some long fur and details. Also, I'm not that good with the fur. Any tips on how to add and improve?

Hello, I have made maybe 10 or less clay items in my life all from crayola air dry clay, and in school. I'm sharing this little snowman I just made so you can gauge my skill level (beginner), ok. 🙃

Anyways, I want to go to Michaels and get materials to help me make cooler clay items. It looks like they have colored oven bake clay, colored foam air drying clay, and maybe some others.

Can you please reccomend me some things to get: Type of clay, tools, type of paint for after, a good sealant, and anything else relevant please! Thank you.

I'd also appreciate any tips or tricks or even guidance on how to move forward with this journey.

First time working with polymer clay, definitely not the best…. But to be fair they are filled with aluminum foil

I want to make a 1:2400 scale model of my city in clay. the total size will be around 4 feet by 4 feet. I was wondering:

1. What type of clay should i use for this? I.e. modeling clay,polymer clay, air-dry and the whole shebang
2. What are good tools to manipulate clay when dealing with buildings less than an inch thick? Hands wont cut it.
3. Is this actually feasible?
4. What are good clay sets for this type of stuff? With a lot of colors (mostly gray white green and blue) appreciate any help

Where do you get hardware from for making things like keychains?

Wait... I'm alive??? AAAGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHB AAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I wanna make so many Smiling Friends characters!

Made some trinket dishes to give away as gifts for Christmas. I hope they are good enough 😮‍💨

I have an idea but wanted to see if anyone has seen it work before I go buy molds. Using air dry clay, could I make slip, pour it into a silicon resin or baking mold, allow it to dry, and then have a good product to paint?

I saw this on pinterest while looking for some diy clay calender. I'm no professional and i just enjoy art so i usually start making literally anything without any plan and just a reference pic. But given it's a gift, i tried looking for a tutorial and couldn't find anything. It's probably a wooden calender idk.

Basically im asking for suggestions on how to start with this or any tips that'll help. Also I'll be using air dry clay

Hello - my partner and i want to make a foot shaped spoon rest for my parents. I know it's kind of out there but I think it would be a good holidfay gift haha

We are very lost on where to start. We don't have a pottery studio near us. So we were thinking of air clay? is there other clay we can use/ gloss that is edible since it wil be used for spoons? Very lost and just want to give it a good safe effort - Any help is super appreciated!

If there is a better subbreddit for this type of question please let me know! Thanks :)

My husband brought home a good amount of natural clay. We live in North Central Florida. Unfortunately, the bucket that it was put into to soak in water had some kind of gas or oil residue in it. So now the clay smells of it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could remove the smell? Maybe soap or something?