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Polymer Clay Sculpting
Stop the cracking, scorching and sticky finishes for good
12 lessons4 modules9h 55m durationbeginner level
About this course
Polymer clay looks forgiving until your pieces crack, scorch or stay sticky, and most of those failures trace back to conditioning, oven temperature or the wrong sealer. This course gives you the working knowledge professional makers use: a Mokume-gane and Skinner-blend caning workflow, brand-by-brand cure charts, and a sand-to-2000-grit-then-buff finishing routine. By the end you can plan, build, bake and finish a small figurative or decorative piece you would be proud to sell.
Curriculum
Module 1: Materials, Tools and Conditioning
- Choosing Your Clay and ToolsPreview
- Setting Up a Safe, Clean Workspace🔒
- Conditioning Clay Properly🔒
Module 2: Color Mixing and Surface Blends
- Color Theory for Clay🔒
- The Skinner Blend🔒
- Mokume Gane and Marbling🔒
Module 3: Hand-Building and Caning
- Hand-Building Basic Forms🔒
- Sculpting Detail and Texture🔒
- Building and Reducing a Cane🔒
Module 4: Baking and Finishing
- Baking Polymer Clay Correctly🔒
- Sanding and Buffing🔒
- Sealing and Finishing🔒
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