How To Use Polymer Clay Tools
- A craft knife.
How to use polymer clay tools. If you havent any polymer clay just yet feel free to use plasticine for this class. Properly cured clay wont chip when its carved. If you want to know more about rubbing alcohol to remove clay pigments you can refer to this post here.
However if you dont want to buy a needle tool you can always use toothpick. This is really just a fun exercise to get things started so dont worry about neatness at this stage. 2000 is also nice to have A good quality artists paint brush.
There are no toxic fumes. Use dedicated crafting tools wash your hands when youre done and dont eat snacks while youre working with clay. The smaller needles are perfect for making holes in beads.
If you are a beginner without a pasta machine heres how to condition polymer clay without hurting your hands. The point of the needles can also be used as a tool for making designs in your polymer clay. Needle tool is also a very helpful tools to have.
Or you can use them as part of a bead rack set-up. - An oven Sculpey polymer clay is safe to bake so your home oven will do just fine. Polymer Clay Extruder I have left this to last as I class this as a little bit of a luxury but non the less a tool I use frequently.
- A ball stylus. You can use it to put some texture in your handmade projects making holes dots lines and many others. Just thread your beads on the needles and then set the needle across a baking pan.
