It is mostly used as a filler/armature for bigger pieces. Ultra-light was not created to be used by itself in jewelry. If you approach this clay without the expectation of making finished beads and focals just with it, you will not be disappointed. Honestly it would make more sense if they'd have a mix of Super Sculpey and Living Doll - that would give the Living Doll the translucency it lacks and make Super-Sculey's color more natural and changing less once baked. Less hard than the Firm but a little harder than Super Sculpey by itself. It's actually a mix of Super Sculpey and Super Sculpey Firm. Comes in three different skin hues, light, beige and baby. I would suggest to mix some Super Sculpey or just a bit of translucent in it for a more realistic effect (depends for what color skin you are going for). Only comes in a darker grey color.Īn excellent clay for sculpting dolls. Good hardening and resilience after baking. Feels a little harder to condition but keeps the detail exceptionally well. I would call it the best for decorative objects especially when trying to imitate stone or metal. Very resilient after baking if baked correctly, and can be used for minute details like delicate doll fingers and elf ears. It can be mixed with other clays though to change the color. The only drawbacks are the color – in only comes in a beige that darkens a lot when baked, so all your dolls will have a super-tan look, and due to the amount of translucent clay it contains it will have the tendency to plaquing. It does capture that translucency that natural skin and flesh have. Good for making prototypes or let kids explore their creativityĪn excellent clay for doll sculpting. Not very different from Sculpey III, it comes in bigger packages and in the natural clay colors, white, greyish and terracotta. Comes in a variety of “softened up” more earthy hues the same as the old Studio line. It might present an interesting powdered look when used in skinner blends (gradients). It seems a little soft but it is very firm in fact, does not “smudge” easily and keeps minute details very well. When working with it it feels like suede to the touch. It has a wonderful feeling to the touch, and usually it's almost ready to use out of the package. Souffle is the newest line of Sculpey and is practically the re-formulated Studio line with a bit more stiffness and less phtalates. The “opal” is just the white translucent with iridescent glitter inclusions. The “white translucent” is slightly whiter than the regular but not by much. If baked too long might get a yellowish tint. The normal has an offwhite hue, good translucency, but in humid environment has tendency to plaquing. The translucent of the Accents line comes in three varieties: normal, white and opal. Can make very realistic looking faux metal and faux gemstone. The “Accents” line of Premo has also various colors of polymer clay with glitter inclusions and with mica powders – depending on the colors, the mica powders ones are either “pearlescents” or “metallics”. Good for making canes too, but due to the tendency to become soft you might have to let your canes rest for a while while reducing them and definitely before cutting them.Ĭomes in a large variety of colors. Might have the tendency to become too soft and might require “leeching”. Can be used in very thin pieces too and the pieces will be bendable and very resilient. Very hard after baking (if baked properly). One of the most widely used polymer clays in North America. I had my bad experiences with it in the past so I'm staying away from it. The only one that I personally use is the glow in the dark, mixed with Premo, only for Halloween fun jewelry projects. Use only if you're out of everything else, or sparingly in mixes for specific colors. After it's baked, it will degrade in time and months after finishing your pieces you will find beads cracking all of a sudden or your painstakingly sculpted figurines starting to lose their fingers, noses and ears. It is the most brittle of all polymer clays, no matter how long and how hard you bake it. Sculpey III is a polymer clay good for kids to play with. Sculpey makes three major lines and a few more varieties that are usable in making polymer clay jewelry, decorative objects and sculpted figurines. It can be stored for years, become hard as rock and, if it was stored at temperatures not over 90F (at which point some of it might get half-baked) you can re-condition and use it as if it were brand new.ĭepending on what part of the world you are in, you will have access more easily to various brands of polymer clay. Polymer clay does not have a "shelf-life".
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