Explore Versatile Liquid Polymer Clay
Liquid Polymer Clay is a fairly new medium, only being around for a few years now. However in a few short years artists and crafters have found hundreds of ways to use this new medium.
What are Liquid Polymer Clays?
Liquid Clay BrandsTranslucent Liquid Sculpey
The first of the liquid polymer clays created by the makers of Sculpey and Premo. While liquid TLS is opaque white with a honey-like consistency. It bakes at 275F to a flexible matte translucent sheet, baking at 300F will result in a clearer finish.
Fimo Liquid Decorating Gel
Fimo Deco Gel is the only one of the liquid clays which is clear while liquid. Cured it is much the same consistency as TLS.
Kato Liquid Medium
Developed by Donna Kato, Kato Liquid is considered by many polymer clay artists to be the best liquid clay for image transfers. It is milky opaque white when liquid but cures quite clear.
Manufacturer's Sites
The makers of liquid clays.
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) is liquid polymer clay, and it opens a whole new arena for artists and crafters alike! It is a bakable transfer medium for the new millennium!
- EBERHARD FABER FIMO liquid
- This deco gel provides an ideal extension to the standard FIMO soft & FIMO classic range.
- Kato Polyclay
- Kato Polyclay%u2122, The Ultimate Polymer Oven-Hardening Clay
Liquid Polymer Clay Basics
- Sculpey 201 - Translucent Liquid Sculpey
- Thanks to Karen and Ann Mitchell of "AnKara Designs" for their pioneering experiments with Liquid Sculpey and their willingness to share the examples that are included in this informational sheet.
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey Techniques
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey is a liquid form of polymer clay that can be used both with solid polymer clay and other craft materials. It has the appearance of white glue, yet has a viscous and slightly sticky texture. Although initially translucent, the Liquid Sculpey can be tinted to any color with a variety of pigments. The liquid clay needs to be cured by baking in a conventional, toaster, or convection oven. It can be applied to any material that can withstand baking at 275 degrees (F).
- Working with Liquid Polymer Clay - Associated Content
- Translucent polymer clay is useful for designs that need to be less opaque, but it never cures perfectly clear. Liquid polymer clay has the potential to be much clearer, but you may need to modify some of your techniques to be successful with it. Here are some tips for working with this relatively new form of clay.
- Liquid Clays on Glass Attic
- Tips, techniques, and projects with liquid clays.
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey Bakable Transfer Medium and Fimo Liquid Polymer Clay Instructions for use
- Translucent Liquid Sculpey and Fimo Bakable Transfer Medium Technical detail and instructions
- Cynthia Blanton's Blog: Playing with Liquid Clays
- I've been experimenting with liquid clays recently, trying different brands and mixing different substances into them.
- Polymer Clay Ideas - Special Effects with Liquid Clay - Associated Content
- The relatively new medium of liquid polymer clay offers design options you can't get with solid clay. Here are just a few of the many things you can do with it.
Translucent Liquid Sculpey
Liquid Clay Reviews and Comparisons
- The polymer clay :Testing Fimo Decorating Gel And Translucent Liquid Sculpey
- Testing Fimo Decorating Gel And Translucent Liquid Sculpey
- The polymer clay: Comparison Test between Translucent Liquid Clays
- Comparison Test between Translucent Liquid Sculpey, Kato Liquid Polyclay And Fimo Deko Gel. Which is the clearest?
- The polymer clay: More comparison tests on all the liquid polymer clays
- More comparison tests on all the liquid polymer clay, baking at different temperature and duration
- Kato Liquid Polyclay vs TLS vs Fimo Deco Gel | Craft Test Dummies
- Jenny compares the three major brands of liquid polymer clays and rates them on translucency, smell, viscosity, and overall useability.
- More on Comparing Liquid polymer clay mediums | Craft Test Dummies
- This is phase two of comparing the three major brands of liquid polymer clays: Fimo Deco Gel, Kato Liquid Polyclay, and Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS).
- Spiderling Art's Stuff: Using Liquid Polymer Clay To Seal Acrylic Paint
- Using Liquid Polymer Clay To Seal Acrylic Paint
Liquid Polymer Clay Books
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There are dozens of things you can do with liquid clay. Here are my two favorite applications.Sealing Paint
To give your sculpts a matte skin-like surface, brush TLS over the piece after painting (wait for the paint to dry of course) and bake for 15 minutes.
Cuttlefish Fins
To create ripply little fins like on my cuttlefish, take a piece of wire and shape it into a circle. Lay it on a piece of glass and squeeze liquid clay along the inside of the wire circle. Bake for 15 minutes at 300F, when cool straighten out the circle and you'll have a ripply ribbon of clay that you can then cut into the length and shape you need.
What Do You Use Liquid Polymer Clay For?
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Fimo Liquid
Fimo Liquid
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Fimo Liquid is generally clearer than Liquid Sculpey, otherwise they have most of the same properties. If you plan to do image transfers Fimo liquid is the better choice over Liquid Sculpey.
Liquid Clay Projects
- The polymer clay : Application of Fimo Lacquer On Fimo Deecorating Gel to Creates Water Effects
- Application of Fimo Lacquer On Fimo Deko Gel To Create Water Effect
- National Polymer Clay Guild - Embedding Rice Paper in Liquid Polymer Clay: An Alternative to Transfers
- Welcome to the National Polymer Clay Guild
- washi paper and kato clear medium
- Friend, Karen Thomas from Yasutomo gave me these lovely Japanese papers. For a long time, I just looked at them...until I came up with the Layered Dichro techniques. These papers work beautifully, encased in Kato Clear Medium.
- Layered Dichroic Effects
- The first person I ever recall using these foils (not leaf) on clay was Nancy Banks at a long ago Ravensdale. With their metallic sheen, they're a natural for polymer dichroic effects. Artist, Lisa Pavelka has created beautiful work with her technique. This is my spin on dichroic glass
- Leaf Fossil Pendants - Sculpey Clay Projects
- Preserve a memory of a walk in the woods, a favorite garden plant, or sitting in the shade of a beloved tree by molding leaves with Sculpey Flex. Or, if it's the dead of winter and all the leaves are gone, use some fern from the florist, as I did here!
- Decoupage - Sculpey Clay Projects
- By using Translucent Liquid Sculpey as both a glue and a glaze for this project, you can transform delicate papers into durable yet beautiful accents for jewelry home décor, and more!
- TLS Experiments
- The mad scientist in me just can't resist when given an
artistic medium with so many possibilities and undiscovered uses. The temptation to pushthe envelope to find what Transparent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) can be used for, on, or in is simply irresistible. - Feather Wings
- Making Feather Wings
- Image Transfers
- This section will try to cover various types of transferring images to your artwork. A lot are well known and some may be new. All give different results, some are easier than others and will need some practise and experimentation to achieve the effects you are after.
- Creating Your Own Colored Polymer Liquid Clay, Using Fimo, Kato and Sculpey Liquid
- Oil Paints : Best Medium For Creating Colored Liquid Polymer Clay
- Crafts : Other : Liquid Clay Mosaics : Home & Garden Television
- Make mosaics with liquid clay. Here's how.
Liquid Clay Videos
Image Transfers with Liquid Clay
- Image Transfer
- A collection of image transfer methods. Check out the new "Image Transfer of the Day" module! Image transfer techniques have become a popular among artists, artisans and crafters, especially for collages and many types of altered art, as well as on fabric for quilts and t-shirts.
- Toner Transfer
- Transfers can be very confusing - toner, inkjet, lazer, Lazertran - it's enough to drive a sane person nuts. These are instructions for making a toner or lazer transfer. In order for this to work, you've got to either print your originals at a copy store unless you have a lazer printer of your own.
- Photo Transfer Beads and Pendants [Polymer Clay Tutorials #77 in Beads and Beading Series]
- Photo transfer beads can be made using a variety of methods. This Beads and Beading Tutorial will show you the Toner Method for transferring photos and images onto polymer clay pendants. Suitable content for all levels from beginner to advanced.
- Crafts : Purses : Liquid Clay Image-Transfer Purse : Home & Garden Television
- Liquid Clay Image-Transfer Purse
Liquid Polymer Clay Photos on Flickr
Projects using liquid clay.
Polymer clay beads with Kato Color and Clear liquid clays
Detalle del collar.
As seen in Oct '08 Polymer Cafe magazine , Fantasy Cabs Article
This was one of my entries for the Progress and Possibilities competition at NPC...
Liquid clay bookmarks with (left) paint and ink inclusions and (right) metal lea...
Liquid polymer clay transfer with p.c. flower embellishments. Coated with liquid...
cabs made with polymer clay painted with Lumiere paints and Mica powders. Sealed...
Polymer clay, Kato clear and purple liquid clay, iridescent sticker, script rub...
polymer clay cab I made with Kato Liquid that I beaded with seed beads into a ne...
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Love the jewelry! This really is a versatile material; I'll have to give it a try... along with the other great materials you have recommended! Great idea for a great lens,
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