HOW TO: Make a personalised KEY RACK with POLYMER CLAY!

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I wanted to make something special for my dad on Father's Day & I wanted to make something useful that he could regularly use. I wanted to make clay look like wood and then personalise it as an original one-of-a-kind gift.

Enjoy
Subba-Dubba ;)

Video Features
-How to make a polymer clay look like wood
-How to add personalisation
-How to use soft pastels
-How to age the wood by cutting out pieces
-How to make finishes/strengthen holes

Tools:
-Tile to make on
-Cord, nuts, small nails, screws and metal rivets
-Tissue blade, dotting tool, metal hook, craft knife

Baking Polymer Clay:
it's often in Celsius not Fahrenheit, which is why I don't always quote times & temperatures. I recommend using Polymer Clay packet instructions. However a good tip is to bake no higher than 100 degrees Celsius. It's better to bake at a lower temperature for longer, than higher for shorter.

Larger clay items need longer- always check after 10 mins- sometimes things fall over in the oven & can be rescued at this point. Watch for burning! Especially white as it's quick to burn (don't know why...) and can turn yellow!

Once out of the oven wait for it to cool before thinking it's baked- if it feels soft to touch, you can poke a fingernail in it or a fingerprint, back in the oven it goes!

Electric ovens work better as the temperature is even, gas oven temperatures fluctuate do not keep a steady temp for baking polymer clay.

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Links to tools, glitter and mica I use:

Glitter & mica powder:
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https://www.smileysglitterstore.co.uk/

Recommended mica powder: A-NRZO
(High Pigmented, created for artists, by artists!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Powder-Pearl...

Tissue blades:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fimo-Staedtl...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/STAEDTLER-87...

Craft knife:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-31073...

Dotting tools:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sculpey-Styl...

Acrylic roller:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sculpey-Acry...

Fimo professional drilling tool:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fimo-profess...

Fimo Professional tools:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fimo-profess...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fimo-profess...

Red plastic modeling tools:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Staedtler-Fi...

Stainless steel sculpting tools:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/LYAID-Double...

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