Polymer clay is called one of the most popular materials for creativity. It makes various beautiful decorations, souvenirs, other crafts. And to understand how wonderful and elastic material, you need to work with it. And this will help 7 gold rules for working with polymer clay, which should be used in practice.
What is a polymer clay
This plastic mass, also called plastic, plastic, is designed for the modeling of all sorts of crafts solidifying in air or during heating (depends on the type of plastic). Externally and touch it looks like plasticine But more elastic, less lipping to the hands. Has her inherent herbal smell. The basis of such a material is PVC (polyvinyl chloride). During the firing under the action of high temperatures, it loses the ability to change its form. The hardened plastic product is something mean between ceramic and plastic.
Among the advantages inherent in plastic, you can call:
- Availability, simplicity. It is perfect for the creativity of beginners.
- A wide variety of color palette. These materials are colorless or painted, they can have special effects: metallic, glowing in the dark, shiny, translucent.
- Creating complex crafts with sophisticated details.
- The ability to excellent conservation of the form in a plastic, frozen form.
- You can not expose the product for a long time.
- Long storage under normal conditions does not lead to the loss of its properties.
What crafts can be created
Products obtained from plastics belong to decorative and applied art. Among these crafts should be called:- souvenirs, jewelry;
- decorations on the tree;
- figurines, other interior items;
- Author's dolls.
Such clay imitates various materials and structures. Plastic modeling has become for some women profitable hobbies.
Rules of work
When working with polymer clay, you need to apply the Golden 7 rules, the knowledge of which is necessary for the creative process . They are as follows:
- You can not use tools used for making crafts from plastic, for eating.
- In order, while working with this material on the crafts, fingerprints remained, you need to use latex gloves.
- During the workflow, it is better primarily to work with light colors, since this material is painted. The dye remains on hand, and dark flowers can be swapped.
- To obtain good plastic crafts, the temperature indicators of baking indicated on the packaging of the material should be observed.
- The room where sinks of polymer clay are baked in the oven, should be carefully ventilated by opening windows inside the room.
- This material loves to attract wool to himself than spoils the appearance of the crafts. Therefore, when you find in the house of domestic animals, you should cover the clay, so that the wool does not get on it.
- If discomfort will appear while working with this material, it should be postponed for some time, and then continue to work again.
If you are guided by these rules, then They will make a creative process for making crafts from her simple and safe.