Making texture sheets, using your own designs, is a lot of fun and a great creative expression that can be re-used as many times as you
want. Unless your sheet breaks of course. After seeing texture rollers in a Polymer Clay Tutor product demo and the sculpted tool you can buy, I thought why not? So I tried making some texture rollers out of polymer clay and here are the results.
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Materials Needed and Baking Clay Advice
∆ If you have hands, that is your number one needed tool.
∆ You don't need fancy tools, just a craft or X-Acto knife
∆ Polymer Clay
∆ You can use anything to help make your impressions into the
clay, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, utensils, needle tools, ball tools, cake decorating tools. Just do not re-use anything you use for polymer clay on food after. Keep them as special tools.
∆ If you want to purchase inexpensive polymer clay tools, I bought a lot for free shipping on Ebay from Asia. Just search for wax carving tools, clay tools, cake decorating tools, wire tools and nail art tools. From those searches, you will find a lot of cheap, helpful useful instruments.
∆ A Dedicated pan to bake on, I use a ceramic tile on cake pans I no longer use and then cover the items with an aluminium pan to protect the clay from discolouring.
∆ A Smooth craft sheeted surface. I use a large ceramic tile or piece of glass to work on.
∆ Bake your clay as per the package directions and then some. I
follow all the advice I have heard which is bake always, at least for one hour to make it stronger. You can't burn your clay at the temperature on the package. Only if your oven isn't working right. Then it helps a lot to use an oven thermometer to make sure you oven is heating to the correct temperature.
A Closer Look
As well, here are some photos. No, I didn't film any of the actual making parts, but I think it is pretty self explanatory. I suggest looking up the video mentioned in the texture sheet article by Katie Oskin. Just think instead of a flat sheet of clay, you need to lay or imprint your designs or textures on a polymer clay cylinder. It is a great way to use up scrap clay. All clay is useable and has no reason to be wasted!
Love To Hear From You
If you have any thoughts, questions, ideas or suggestions, please write them below. I would love to hear from you or if there is something you would like to see or learn about. If I can help, I will do my best.
HeArtfully Creating,
Anita
Just watch the corresponding video below on our YouTube channel.
Materials Needed and Baking Clay Advice
∆ If you have hands, that is your number one needed tool.
∆ You don't need fancy tools, just a craft or X-Acto knife
∆ Polymer Clay
∆ You can use anything to help make your impressions into the
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| I like to cover my tools and tin can holders in clay! |
∆ If you want to purchase inexpensive polymer clay tools, I bought a lot for free shipping on Ebay from Asia. Just search for wax carving tools, clay tools, cake decorating tools, wire tools and nail art tools. From those searches, you will find a lot of cheap, helpful useful instruments.
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∆ A Dedicated pan to bake on, I use a ceramic tile on cake pans I no longer use and then cover the items with an aluminium pan to protect the clay from discolouring.
∆ A Smooth craft sheeted surface. I use a large ceramic tile or piece of glass to work on.
∆ Bake your clay as per the package directions and then some. I
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A Closer Look
As well, here are some photos. No, I didn't film any of the actual making parts, but I think it is pretty self explanatory. I suggest looking up the video mentioned in the texture sheet article by Katie Oskin. Just think instead of a flat sheet of clay, you need to lay or imprint your designs or textures on a polymer clay cylinder. It is a great way to use up scrap clay. All clay is useable and has no reason to be wasted!
Love To Hear From You
If you have any thoughts, questions, ideas or suggestions, please write them below. I would love to hear from you or if there is something you would like to see or learn about. If I can help, I will do my best.
HeArtfully Creating,
Anita
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