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Polymer Clay Sculpting

Stop the cracking, scorching and sticky finishes for good

12 lessons4 modules9h 55m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

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 Conditioning3 lessons
Module 2: Color Mixing and Surface Blends3 lessons
  • Color Theory for Clay🔒45m
  • The Skinner Blend🔒55m
  • Mokume Gane and Marbling🔒50m
Module 3: Hand-Building and Caning3 lessons
  • Hand-Building Basic Forms🔒55m
  • Sculpting Detail and Texture🔒50m
  • Building and Reducing a Cane🔒1h 0m
Module 4: Baking and Finishing3 lessons
  • Baking Polymer Clay Correctly🔒50m
  • Sanding and Buffing🔒45m
  • Sealing and Finishing🔒45m
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