I wonder what this is. Clay sculpture? Clay?

Polymer clay-also known as painted pottery and soft clay, or barbecue clay. Polymer clay is the most common English name. Polymer clay is a kind of synthetic clay with strong plasticity. As long as the finished product is baked in the oven a little, it will make hard and colorful painted pottery crafts. Polymer clay with different colors can be combined into various simulated foods, decorative photo frames, flowers, lighting, hair ornaments, package ornaments, mobile phone ornaments, household ornaments, necklaces, hairpins, brooches, earrings and bracelets, or kneaded into figures, cartoon dolls, animals, plants, and even made up vivid colorful flowers. This material was first discovered by German sculptors in 1930s. Because of its unique advantages, such as high ductility, plasticity and colorful colors, it perfectly meets the artist's creative desire. Like a magic brush, it spread freely in the hands of artists and soon became popular all over Europe. Years later, it became popular again in America and Japan. Polymeric clay is rich, changeable and easy to operate, and it has not escaped the attention of European and American educators, and has gradually developed into an enlightenment textbook popular with children. Through entertaining, it is the greatest wish of every new parent to cultivate children's practical and mental ability, promote the coordinated development of children's eyes, hands and brain, stimulate their creative talents and cultivate their cultural temperament. Until today, painted pottery is still the favorite of craftsmen. Today, with the rapid development of social economy, people's material life has been greatly enriched, and their spiritual life has also put forward higher requirements. Especially in recent years, manual DIY has developed rapidly like mushrooms after rain. More and more people know and understand it, and the market is growing. Not only children love this magical polymer clay, but also adults, especially young people and students, have joined the ranks of soft pottery.

Characteristics of polymer clay

Polymer clay is a kind of green product, and the material of polymer clay itself is made of food-grade raw materials and some harmless dyes, softeners and other raw materials. Things made of polymeric clay will not produce any harmful substances during baking in the oven. Heating at the normal baking temperature of110 c-150 c will not produce any harmful substances. Of course, you can also use a domestic steamer to heat it, but it takes a little longer. Remember, the baking temperature should not exceed 200 degrees Celsius. Polymer clay has better ductility, plasticity and luster than other clays. Polymer clay belongs to oily clay and will not dry in air, so there is no need to rush to finish it. Polymer clay does not stick to hands or desktop. It's clean, and you can rub many colors at will. The effect is wonderful. When it is combined with cloth, wood, metal sheet, sequins, glass and other materials, it will have unexpected effects. Polymer clay is not afraid of water, mildew, insect bites and deformation after baking, and it is preserved forever. Polymer clay is plastic, non-toxic and tasteless; The production effect can be completely comparable to that of imported soft pottery.

Application of polymer clay

Polymer clay is a kind of soil, which must be put into the barbecue box for barbecue. Different colors of soil can be polymerized into various patterns and shapes. Soft pottery can not only be shaped, but also baked to make it hard and never deform. Soft pottery is rich in color and looks like plasticine, but it has good flexibility and ductility. It is the latest handicraft creation material that combines the advantages of clay, paper clay, sculpture sludge and plasticine. The material of polymer clay itself is the plastic fat raw material of food packaging grade, and with some nontoxic dyes, softeners and organic solvents, it is a safe material that is non-toxic, harmless and non-irritating, and can be used with peace of mind. The viscosity and smoothness of soft pottery are similar to plasticine, and it can pinch out very delicate things. Because it is non-toxic and tasteless, if it is made into various soft pottery ornaments, it will not do any harm to the body. Making soft pottery requires kneading soil, making flowers, cutting, pasting, kneading, baking, stringing and other steps. Among them, the most difficult thing is the pattern making process. Any pattern you see is made by rubbing and cutting different clays. When polymer clay is used as an ornament, it often needs to be matched with some other things, or set off or connected. Such as glass beads, wooden beads, metal beads, Chinese knots, etc. There are also leather ropes, cotton ropes of various colors, metal chains, necklace joints, earrings hooks, etc. You can also combine these things with soft pottery at will. Put the main ornaments made of soft pottery on a string to make a necklace, connect them to hooks to make earrings, fix them on hairpins to make headdresses, and connect them to pins to make brooches. Soft pottery changes endlessly. It can be kneaded into various shapes and will not deform after hard baking. Therefore, polymeric clay is not limited to all kinds of ornaments, but also can be made into key chains, knickknacks, ashtrays and various bottles and cans. If you add a timely movement, it will become a beautiful hanging species. Soft clay is colorful, which is very suitable for shaping it into a cartoon image. Soft pottery can be played, kneaded, kneaded, shaped, cut or arranged into various exquisite sketches at will after it is gradually kneaded and softened with the palm of your hand. The works are hard and unchangeable after baking, bright in color, waterproof and mildew-proof, not easy to break and insect-proof. It is a new handicraft with permanent preservation value and practical life.