Thank you for your very informative video. I have just started using air-dry clay and learning what clay works best with my various molds. I am having so much fun. I have tried to find the Stone Art powder, but cannot find it anywhere on the internet. I live in the US. Do you know of another ingredient that can be used to make your DIY air dry clay that can be purchased in the US and obtain the same or similar result. Thanks
Hi Reba, Thanks for comment and apologies for not responding sooner. I know Powertex products are available in the US, but I don't know if they do all the products including stone art. You could also look for another brand, Paverpol who do a very similar product called Art Stone ! I think they also have distributors in the US. :)
New subscriber here! Your video is so helpful. I wish I’d found you before wasting so much clay! My search on UA-cam was done out of desperation!! So glad I found you. I’ve just started trying to use the moulds I bought a while ago.... with not much success! I’m using the HobbyCraft clay. The moulds seem to be just too shallow, meaning I can’t move the excess clay away without lifting the whole thing. So I decided to leave them to dry for a while first, only to find that they all snapped. I saw somewhere on UA-cam that you can knead in a small amount of PVA glue to add elasticity. I may try this, though I’d then have to use talc or oil or moisturiser inside the mould to prevent it getting stuck. Also, I’ve seen someone using a mix of Polyfiller, PVA and water to create a kind of clay. Do you have any advice for a novice? I have SO many ideas wandering around inside my head and am eager to really get going!
Hi Sally, I'm so glad you found my video useful. Using moulds to create shapes is such a quick and easy way to add dimension and wow factor to projects. Most of what I know has been learnt through trial and error and a few happy accidents over the years I've been doing it and obviously I haven't tried everything so please do experiment with other peoples ideas too. Anyway, from my experience, for your thinner mould shapes the paper clay will be the easiest to use. I use Hearty in this video but Hobbycraft do their own that appears to be very similar - it comes in small packs for £1 in different colours. Also with these thinner shapes, as you found, it is easy to pull the clay back out when taking off any excess so it is best to try and only put in what is needed to avoid needing to remove excess. I haven't tried any of the homemade mixtures you mention, so can't comment with a definitive answer, but if you are just adding a bit of PVA to standard air drying clay I don't think you would need a release agent if you leave it to fully dry in the mould. I'd love to hear how you get on with those alternatives if you do give them a try. Abigail :) xx
Hello Sally... This is the Tip: freezing the clay while in the mould: I have the same problem: I may have some tips: Initially , not knowing what types of moulds are out there. l purchased + picked up some from the closest store to my home, saving on expensive postage: The moulds here are $35-$45: plus postage, that's dear! Air dry clay is another headache here, it's $30 for 400gms = .880 pounds.. again expensive: The moulds l purchased, I realised later, there are better moulds: American called IOD moulds: why? they're slightly deeper & have a rim, or raised border, a protective lip around every design on that one pad: Tip:- when scraping off excess clay, not to damage the clay in the design bed... never scrape with a metal scraper, in time you will damage that protective rim: IOD are the dearest: German LaBlanche even dearer... no stockist here. I used a local cheaper clay Jovi. What I found out, with Jovi, l need to carefully place the clay deeper into these moulds and scrape excess off very carefully. Never leave clay over the edges: The tip is to get this clay out in one piece & "intact". I place the whole mould in the freezer for 15mins, if not sufficient extra minute, two, three etc... Now, once frozen, hoping for the clay to come out real easy. ** Be careful not to snap the frozen clay design. I use a large finger nail file to tidy up the edges: Use while frozen, place your designs onto yr project immediately while still wet, and glue them while frozen, let the room temperature do it's job, now yr clay design is safe, even if it cracks slightly, it's safely glued: You may wish to fill in the cracks, you can use home flour and tiny bit water fill the cracks or leave the cracks for effect..
Hello and thank you for watching my video. If you have a look through my other videos on my channel you'll see how I work with fabrics and a fabric hardener to create those effects. I also have in depth online workshops available covering that technique. 😁 xx Workshops are here: curiously-contrary.thinkific.com/
Brilliant, thanks so much this explains so much. Awesome video. I have a few molds that I want to use so going to try this out. Definitely coming to a workshop when lockdown is over. I can't find the Artico Craft place to buy the molds though, please help.
Hi Patricia, So glad you found it useful and are going to give it a try. I've got a few of the Artyco moulds on my website here: www.curiously-contrary.co.uk/mixed-media-kits-project-packs?Collection=Moulds Or their website is: artycocrafts.com/
Thank you for your very informative video. I have just started using air-dry clay and learning what clay works best with my various molds. I am having so much fun. I have tried to find the Stone Art powder, but cannot find it anywhere on the internet. I live in the US. Do you know of another ingredient that can be used to make your DIY air dry clay that can be purchased in the US and obtain the same or similar result. Thanks
Hi Reba,
Thanks for comment and apologies for not responding sooner. I know Powertex products are available in the US, but I don't know if they do all the products including stone art. You could also look for another brand, Paverpol who do a very similar product called Art Stone ! I think they also have distributors in the US. :)
New subscriber here! Your video is so helpful. I wish I’d found you before wasting so much clay! My search on UA-cam was done out of desperation!! So glad I found you. I’ve just started trying to use the moulds I bought a while ago.... with not much success! I’m using the HobbyCraft clay. The moulds seem to be just too shallow, meaning I can’t move the excess clay away without lifting the whole thing. So I decided to leave them to dry for a while first, only to find that they all snapped. I saw somewhere on UA-cam that you can knead in a small amount of PVA glue to add elasticity. I may try this, though I’d then have to use talc or oil or moisturiser inside the mould to prevent it getting stuck. Also, I’ve seen someone using a mix of Polyfiller, PVA and water to create a kind of clay. Do you have any advice for a novice? I have SO many ideas wandering around inside my head and am eager to really get going!
Hi Sally,
I'm so glad you found my video useful.
Using moulds to create shapes is such a quick and easy way to add dimension and wow factor to projects. Most of what I know has been learnt through trial and error and a few happy accidents over the years I've been doing it and obviously I haven't tried everything so please do experiment with other peoples ideas too.
Anyway, from my experience, for your thinner mould shapes the paper clay will be the easiest to use. I use Hearty in this video but Hobbycraft do their own that appears to be very similar - it comes in small packs for £1 in different colours. Also with these thinner shapes, as you found, it is easy to pull the clay back out when taking off any excess so it is best to try and only put in what is needed to avoid needing to remove excess.
I haven't tried any of the homemade mixtures you mention, so can't comment with a definitive answer, but if you are just adding a bit of PVA to standard air drying clay I don't think you would need a release agent if you leave it to fully dry in the mould.
I'd love to hear how you get on with those alternatives if you do give them a try. Abigail :) xx
Hello Sally...
This is the Tip:
freezing the clay
while in the mould:
I have the same problem:
I may have some tips:
Initially , not knowing what
types of moulds are out there.
l purchased + picked up some
from the closest store to my
home, saving on expensive
postage:
The moulds here are
$35-$45: plus postage,
that's dear!
Air dry clay is another
headache here, it's $30 for
400gms = .880 pounds..
again expensive:
The moulds l purchased,
I realised later, there
are better moulds:
American
called IOD moulds:
why? they're slightly
deeper & have a rim, or raised
border, a protective
lip around every design
on that one pad:
Tip:-
when scraping off
excess clay, not to damage
the clay in the design bed...
never scrape
with a metal scraper, in time
you will damage that protective
rim:
IOD are the dearest:
German LaBlanche even
dearer... no stockist here.
I used a local
cheaper clay Jovi.
What I found out,
with Jovi,
l need to
carefully place the clay deeper
into these moulds and scrape
excess off very carefully.
Never leave
clay over the edges:
The tip is to
get this clay
out in one piece & "intact".
I place the whole mould
in the freezer for 15mins,
if not sufficient extra minute,
two, three etc...
Now, once frozen,
hoping for the clay
to come out real easy.
** Be careful not to snap the
frozen clay design.
I use a large finger nail file
to tidy up the edges:
Use while frozen, place
your designs onto yr
project immediately
while still wet, and glue
them while frozen, let
the room temperature do
it's job, now yr clay design
is safe, even if it cracks
slightly, it's safely glued:
You may wish to fill in
the cracks, you can
use home flour and tiny
bit water fill the cracks
or leave the
cracks for effect..
@@fritula6200 Thank you so much for your advice. I haven’t done ANY clay work since posting my comment 2 years ago! I’ll be getting back to it soon.
@@fritula6200Do you happen know which glue can be used to glue that frozen clay to glass?
شكرآ جزيلآ على الفيديو الرائع الواضح والمعلومات المهمة ،اتمنى لكِ الصحة والنجاح 🙏🏻🌹
How do you create the fabric and netting on your journal covers? I would love to see a video on that!
Hello and thank you for watching my video. If you have a look through my other videos on my channel you'll see how I work with fabrics and a fabric hardener to create those effects. I also have in depth online workshops available covering that technique. 😁 xx
Workshops are here: curiously-contrary.thinkific.com/
Brilliant, thanks so much this explains so much. Awesome video. I have a few molds that I want to use so going to try this out. Definitely coming to a workshop when lockdown is over. I can't find the Artico Craft place to buy the molds though, please help.
Hi Patricia,
So glad you found it useful and are going to give it a try.
I've got a few of the Artyco moulds on my website here:
www.curiously-contrary.co.uk/mixed-media-kits-project-packs?Collection=Moulds
Or their website is: artycocrafts.com/
Try Tumo