I know that pretty much everyone must have seen me make these over the years. What's happening right now is that, I found some clay- which I cannot determine if its the cheap or quality ones. So I decided to test it by making a "sample sculpture out of it."
Yes. I could have simply thrown them away but looking at it, I would still be able to make probably 3-4 pieces of charm from it .
I am not going to show you guys how I made the top part of the popsicle. All you need to do is mold it like a popsicle and put a bit of black clay on top of it. I decided to use a wire because, after baking, the whole lot might be too fragile- it would literally break even when I casually hold it. That happens to those cheap, unknown brands. I am not saying that all well known brands are like that but, that is my personal experience.
Here I am making the beginning of a sculpture- another scrap clay- of white and pink from my previous projects.
Bake and here is how it turned out. I am not going to show you guys how I was able to make this because my main concern when I was making them are:
is the clay too sticky( without adding clay softeners, room temperature is not too hot) that my finger prints are all over the piece?
is it too fragile- aka easily breakable? There is a big difference between pieces that are not reinforced, incorrectly baked and cheap clay. They easily break regardless of the temperature and time it took you to bake.
is there an intolerable smell during baking- I know that polymer clay has that smell but, cheap and underrated ones- they smell terrible.
are there cracks on the finished products- it would indicate that the clay is old.
how does the clay feels on your hand. Usually, they feel very solid and have that sound( yeah, I did mention that last time in one of my blogs) but more on it next time. I cant explain the sound but, there is this specific sound that a properly cooled and baked clay makes when you lightly tap it on any surface.
Anyway, here is how it looks like after baking. Enjoy!
