Polymer Clay Tools for Beginners - Basic Starter Kit

Video #731: If you are just getting started with polymer clay, here are the tools that will get you going, without spending a lot of money... More Info: http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?... Polymer Clay Tutor.

In today's Studio Tip, I am going to talk about Polymer Clay Tools for Beginners.

Now I am a professional polymer clay instructor with a nice studio filled with all kinds of tools, supplies, paints, inks and that kind of thing... but that isn't where I started out. I started out as a beginner... just like everyone else.

So, I wanted to share with you some of the things I learned and show you the real basic tools that will get you started working with polymer clay.

I dug around in my studio and found the very first polymer clay beads and canes that I ever made. I though you might like to see them.

A long time ago (probably 20 years now), I was watching the Carol Duvall Show on HGTV and Donna Kato (a well known polymer clay artist who has created the Kato Polyclay line of products), came on and made this polymer clay cane. I was absolutely fascinated with what she could do with that squishy block of plastic clay!

Now I had been a little bit familiar with Fimo... played with it as a kid and actually had a block or two, and some Sculpey III, in my craft stash. But I had no idea that you could make such cool things... until seeing Carol and Donna on that fateful day. Ever since, I've been hooked on polymer clay.

The very first thing I made was this flower cane that was all wonky (see video)... but I was so delighted with it. Just to show you how far I have come since then, here is an example of the Easter Lily Cane that I now teach people to make and is is so much more detailed and beautiful compared to my original quirky little flower cane.

I went on to make another cane, ended up combining it with the first cane, to make this cane here (see video). That was when I got really excited about the whole process. That you could take these wonky canes and end up with something that was super detailed.

Back then there wasn't a lot of information on how to do things, so I had to figure out a lot of the stuff on my own. Over the years I have figured out the basic things that you will need to have success with working with polymer clay. And this is the advice that I give to beginners just starting out...

To be honest all you HAVE to have is a block of clay, your hands and an oven. But there are some things that will make the process a lot easier and I have broken it down into five main items. Watch the video to find out what they are.

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