This little guy is made with Makin's Air Dry clay. I really liked the consistency of this as well and had just a little trouble with some cracking while drying but feel that was due to continuously trying to manipulate while it was drying. This is where you have to work a bit faster than with polymer. All in all I like Makin's and will be doing some more little guys with this clay. My Penguin Baby is about 1 3/4" tall.
This by no means is a finished piece but I got my hands on some Cloud Clay by Amaco and I really liked playing with this stuff. The local store only had one bag and yes, you're right it was yellow, lol. Very light weight, easy to work with, held it's shape relatively well as long as your little guys are small. Otherwise again, make sure you let your pieces set up before trying to attach to one another. I purchased more of this clay in some various colors and will most definitely be using it to make more little critters!
Give Air Dry a try! I like the convenience of letting it dry and moving on to the next project. Deco makes a ClayCraft clay that is Air Dry that I would love to work with. If anyone out there has used it please post what your experience has been with it. There are a lot of others out there as well. Try to buy the better grades of clay, it will just save you a lot of headache in the long run. Thanks guys, Lj
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Your little creations with the different ADC's are wonderful! Could you tell me is there and ADC that remains flexible after drying. I'd like to turn a Barbie doll into a mermaid, but I'd like her 'legs' to still be able to bend and flex.
Hummm, the cloud clay is a bit flexible but not like what you are talking about. I am pretty new to the Air dry myself so not sure if there is something out there that would meet your needs. I joined the ADC group on Yahoo, if you haven't done so yet you might request to join and ask your question there, someone I am sure would know. I do know there is a polymer clay that remains a bit flexible after backing and a lot of people use for molds just because it can bend a bit after being cured. Sorry I couldn't be of more help but thanks for commenting! Lj
In answer to Disarmywife's question, both Lumina and Delight will dry flexible enough for a mermaid tail. There may be others, but those are the first 2 that came to mind. Delight is made by Creative Paperclay and is very light weight. Lumina is translucent.
Mary, thank you so very much! Next time I am perusing the craft stores I will be on the look out for Lumina or Delight!
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