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air dry paper clay

Has anyone tried the air dry paper clay? I haven't yet. I've read that it is light weight and dries quickly. I believe it can be bought at Michael's craft store.

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Permalink Reply by Diane Stafford on March 24, 2008 at 7:52pm: Hi Mary, I have added a video showing air dried paperclay in action for making jewelry. Is this a similar brand to the one at the Michaels craft store you mentioned?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mary on March 24, 2008 at 8:35pm: Hi Di, It sounds like it. I've never used it or even seen it. Is it what you use? I thought you used clay that had to be fired.

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Permalink Reply by Diane Stafford on March 24, 2008 at 11:51pm: No i don't use this kind of paper clay, I use the paper fibres mixed with clay (ceramics), it an be left to air dry and painted, sealed with varnish etc for craft projects, great for kids craft projects, but i fire in a kiln or in a pit fire ;>); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Corbin on March 25, 2008 at 6:00am: You can find paper clay at craft 2000 and Michael's. You can find it in the clay department. It's great to work with and dries hard. Check out my site and you'll see some of the things I made with paper clay. I love the stuff. Just remember one thing if you decide to work with it, keep it in a zip lock baggie while working with it or it will dry out. If some of it does get hard just put it in a baggie a put a sprinkle of water on it. It will be pliable to work with again. Another thing, if you want to make sculptures with this product make a strong base with wire, wood, Styrofoam, or even floral oasis. Have fun. Corbin; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mary on March 25, 2008 at 3:09pm: Hi Corbin, Where is your site? I'd love to see what you make.

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Permalink Reply by Corbin on March 28, 2008 at 6:38am: Just click on my picture next to my comment. It will take you to my page. Then scroll down to the pictures.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ron Gutman on May 12, 2008 at 1:34am: Mary,
The air dry clay you talk about is Delight. Yes, I got mine at Michael's.
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Permalink Reply by Corbin on August 30, 2008 at 3:53am: Notice: The air dry clay called Knead-0 is no longer available. I was told that the company went bust. Was sorry to hear this. Their air dry clay was better than the creative paper clay. It didn't have the grainy texture that the Creative paper clay has. Oh well. If you can't find the Creative paper clay in a nearby craft store you can find it on line at Creativepaperclay.com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Corbin on February 8, 2009 at 5:01am: You can get the air dry paper clay from the web site creativepaperclay.com
The best one to use is the Pearl paperclay. It works very well in molds, to shape, carve. etc; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joyce Dunsire Jones on April 5, 2009 at 7:07am: Hi I have just started using Air Dry Clays although 25 years ago in the days of salt dough craft I also worked with a cold porcelain. That is what I am working on now with my preference being home made cold porcelain (air dry clay). I have tried Elfaplast light which is good and also Deco, but because of the current financial situation it is terribly expensive to import it here in Aus. I got a fantastic recipe for cold porcelain off the web and if it is permitted I could let you have the link to the site. I am just finding my way around this forum and have posted some of my very amateur attempts at flowers so far. There are very few books on air dry clays for flower making so I am using pictures and methods found in cake decorating. Hugs Joyce; ▶ Reply to This