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Well, I thought I'd share more of my polymer clay knowledge with the world. I get frustrated when no one will share special techniques with me, so it's only fair that I share my most prized techniques with all of you. ^^

Oh, yeah, little warning about embossing powder--- it does really weird things in the oven, so you really will want to find something different if you want to make vanilla bean. I just started experimenting with it. Maybe I got the cheapy brand... *shrugs* The main thing about this tutorial is the texturing technique-- it really doesn't matter what kind of ice cream you decide to make. ^^
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~JazyXIII Oct 4, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This is more than amazing, but I have one strange question -- are you wearing fake nails? They look so nice so close up XD

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~paperfaceparade May 19, 2012
haha thank you! those are my real nails. :)

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~D-Avarice-S Aug 26, 2010
Wow, that's impressive! :D Very good! I'll have to utilize the technique when I made ice cream for my dolls... u__u /nods

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~mynameisjade Jul 18, 2010   General Artist
Love the idea of adding sand/embossing powder to make it look like vanilla bean! Thanks!! :heart:

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~morigirl May 25, 2010
I really wanted to learn how to create nice ice cream scoops and this really helped. Thank you so much!
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~Okami95 May 24, 2010
Have you ever tried using a knife to make that rough texture? c:
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*str4yk1tt3n May 13, 2010
Okay, you mentioned that you got frustrated when you had trouble finding info on how to do stuff...so perhaps you can give me some insight into my problems with polyclay?

My main problem is...well, basically that it's very hard to work with, if you know what I'm saying? Once I get it soft enough to be workable, it becomes very sticky and any delicate work I try to do I have problems with as the clay sticks to my hands and to the surface I'm working it on. Any advice on how to avoid this problem?

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~paperfaceparade May 14, 2010
Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. Usually, it's only certain colors from certain brands. What brand of clay are you using?

As for a remedy, some talcum powder (baby powder) spread on your work surface and on your hands might help a bit. Flour and cornstarch might substitute for the baby powder, but I don't know how well.

Hope that helps!

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*str4yk1tt3n May 15, 2010
I will definitely try those suggestions...as for the clay I'm working with...totally generic 'Craftsmart Polymer Clay' in white. I got the same brand in a couple colors of green a while back for a school project (which turned out great) and since I ended up entirely over-painting every piece in acrylics, thought that just using a white base made sense, cost-wise. But I do seem to be having more trouble with the white when it comes to it's workability.
Another issue I've been having -- that I've seen totally avoided on many tutorials -- is um...I know there's a word for it...when you have two separate pieces and squish them together, blending them together to make them more like one piece, to prevent them from falling apart once dried. I have had this happen and have tried make sure I properly blend the pieces together, which often causes squishing and messing up of the completed pieces...sorry...I don't think that was very understandable... But basically, I've seen a lot of projects and tuts on here that don't bother with that...just stick on piece on top of another and apparently they hold fine?

Thank you again so much for your advice...I will try the talcum powder for sure. And I'll stop asking you annoying questions. :)

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~paperfaceparade Sep 6, 2010
haha, it's fine, sorry i took so long to get back to you!

if you take a toothpick or other tiny round thing like maybe a paintbrush and roll it across where the two pieces need to attach, it'll help blend the clay together so it bakes as one piece. and/or you can glue them together with a bit of TLS before (or after) you bake the pieces, just make sure you bake them again if you put the TLS on AFTER you've already baked the seperate pieces.

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