Friday, February 1, 2008

Craft tutorial - Home Made Air Dried Clay

Paperclay and polymer clay are very expensive and hard to find here in Indonesia. Then one day i found a book that teach me how to make cheap air dried clay, with texture similar to polymer clay.

Here are the recipes (equal to polymer clay 42gr block)

1. 10 grams of Corn Flour

2. 10 grams of Plain Flour

3. 10 grams of Tapioka Flour

4. 15 grams of PVA Glue

5. Benzoat for preservatives (can be found in cake supply)

6. Any kind of colouring

How to make

1. Combine all the flours and benzoat

2. Mix in PVA glue, then mix until pliable,

The amount of PVA glue can be varied, depend on the texture of the dough. You can always put on more PVA glue for softer clay texture

3. Take the amount of clay you want, and colour them, Keep the rest in airtight container, or i will just put them in zipped plastic.

Tips :

1. Don't make too many as they get dried quite easily

2. Finished product might shrink a little, and darker in colour, please bear in mind when you mix in the colour

3. A cheap and easy way to furnish is using a transparent nail enamel.

I don't have a picture of my creation yet, but i will surely post some later :)

Have fun

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