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Old March 9th 07, 10:45 PM posted to rec.crafts.polymer-clay
Yannis
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Hello,

First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne!

When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do
pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it,
but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my
imagination with such a material.

I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still
using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I
think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit
burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it
was only an experiment and I never used it ever again.

I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that
has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art
store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece
of brown air-dry modelling clay.

So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the
first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that
wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and
it feels so hard to use it for detail work.

My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the
pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that
glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without
leaving traces on it.

Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it
(cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using
it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked
something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even
redirection to another post that may answer my questions.


Thank you all for your time

Yannis

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Old March 10th 07, 12:21 AM posted to rec.crafts.polymer-clay
Georgia
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Default Polymer-clay and basic questions

Check out www.glassattic.com for answers to these questions and many, many
more.
You can keep your hands and clay clean by wearing surgical type gloves
and/or freely using baby wipes.
Calibrate your oven with an oven thermometer to avoid scorching the clay.
(THere are lots of opinions about what kind of oven to use to avoid
temperature spikes; I'm not going there.)

Good luck!
Georgia


"Yannis" wrote in message
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Hello,

First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne!

When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do
pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it,
but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my
imagination with such a material.

I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still
using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I
think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit
burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it
was only an experiment and I never used it ever again.

I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that
has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art
store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece
of brown air-dry modelling clay.

So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the
first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that
wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and
it feels so hard to use it for detail work.

My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the
pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that
glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without
leaving traces on it.

Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it
(cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using
it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked
something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even
redirection to another post that may answer my questions.


Thank you all for your time

Yannis



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Old March 10th 07, 04:21 AM posted to rec.crafts.polymer-clay
Barbara Forbes-Lyons
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Default Polymer-clay and basic questions

Welcome!

As Georgia mentioned, Glassattic.com is a great resource.

As far as clay goes, there are many more options now depending on the
type of work you will do. There are soft clays, firmer clays, ultralight
clays and extra-firm clays for sculpting.


Barbara

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Yannis wrote:
Hello,

First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne!

When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do
pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it,
but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my
imagination with such a material.

I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still
using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I
think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit
burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it
was only an experiment and I never used it ever again.

I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that
has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art
store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece
of brown air-dry modelling clay.

So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the
first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that
wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and
it feels so hard to use it for detail work.

My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the
pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that
glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without
leaving traces on it.

Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it
(cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using
it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked
something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even
redirection to another post that may answer my questions.


Thank you all for your time

Yannis

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Old March 16th 07, 01:57 AM posted to rec.crafts.polymer-clay
nanner
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Default Polymer-clay and basic questions

Hi, are you sculpting with it? Some people mix Cernit with other clays to
take advantage of Cernit's strength and translucency but the better
sculpting texture of other clay like ProSculpt. Check out my tutorials page
for lots of help if you are sculpting figures or dolls
www.enchantedwhimsies.com/tutorials
-JoAnna
--------------------
One of a Kind Fantasy Sculptures & Art Dolls
www.enchantedwhimsies.com


"Yannis" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hello,

First of all, I am very happy to have found such a place onilne!

When I was much much younger I used to use plasteline clay to do
pretty much everything. I cant say that I was an "artist" using it,
but I could copy things I saw with ease and I could unleash most of my
imagination with such a material.

I remember my self using Fimo (or was it Cernit) once when I was still
using plasteline-clay my impressions were kinda funny. First of all I
think when I baked it... I kinda placed it too high, and it got a bit
burned leaving a strange burn on the supposed creation. Thankfully it
was only an experiment and I never used it ever again.

I didnt use plasteline-clay (to be honest pretty much anything that
has to do with clay) for about 9 to 10 years, and visiting an art
store I felt a strange urge to buy two pieces of Cernit, and a piece
of brown air-dry modelling clay.

So far fooling around with Cernit I understood why I didnt like it the
first place. It kinda gets very soft, very fast, and although that
wouldnt cause me necessarily too much trouble, the thing is sticky and
it feels so hard to use it for detail work.

My last remark would be its color staying on my fingers (one of the
pieces is forest green and the other is a Cernit Glamour white that
glows in the dark) making it hard to work with the other color without
leaving traces on it.

Other than these most of my questions have to do with handling it
(cutting, shaping, not leaving that many fingerprints etc) and using
it for details. I know that most probably someone has already asked
something like that but I would appreciate any hints, pointers even
redirection to another post that may answer my questions.


Thank you all for your time

Yannis



 




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