A post or two ago, I talked about my first experiment with ClayStudio polymer clay that I bought at Hobby Lobby. It is very sticky and hard to work with right out of the package.
Yesterday, I tried refrigerating the clay, and this made it easier to manage/roll/cut until the clay warmed back up.
When the clay is warm, my pasta machine eats it up. It sticks to the rollers, and the sheets don't come out smooth. I tried rolling it between sheets of printer paper. This helped, whether using the pasta machine or the roller.
The clay mixed well with white Sculpey Premo. I added some pearl powder to it, and this stiffened it up a bit, enough to impress designs into it without it sticking to the stamp/cutter.
The purchase may not be a total loss, after all. I still would not recommend it to someone who just wants to condition a chunk of clay and get down to work. You gotta baby this stuff. Outsmart it.
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