Trying Foam Clay For The First Time

Hello, how are you? I've been eyeing foam clay for a long time now, and this is the time I am going to try it. I was so curious what the texture is like, is it literally a foam when dry, and to my surprise, indeed a foam.

I saw a lot of people enjoy using this, and I was curious for a long to I could not stop myself from ordering it, so now it came perfectly fine and ready to be used.

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Unboxing Time!

I bought it for $1 with 36 foam clay.

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It came with this cute plastic too, and came with individual air-tight plastic.

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It is indeed lightweight. It is like kneading air, that's what it feels like LOL. And make sure to work fast because it dry too fast. I think I still not get use to it so I might like it in the future.

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Materials I Used:

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Let's Try It!

My idea is to make a sunflower in a blue basket, so what I do is I condition the clay for about second by kneading it.

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And then I shaped and added texture using my clay tool.

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In the foam clay I bought, there is no dark brown, so I mixed this light orange with acrylic darker brown, and this is the result. Then I am gonna shape it as the base of the sunflower.

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For the petals, I shape a yellow clay into a triangle shape and one by one I added those onto the base until all the free space is accommodated, and then I use my clay to add texture on the petals.

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I do the same as the first one, then after that, I put above the blue basket I made before it dried.

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And then for the leaves, I mix acrylic and foam clay, and the result turns into this green color.

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And then I shape into a long leaf, and then I added it to the back of the sunflower just to creat and unqiue look to it.

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This is what it looks like. I am telling I don't know if I am going to use this clay again, because the moment I put this down, just one blow of air, this thing is flying around my desk LOL, but worth the experience though.

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Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D Please take care of your mental health as well. I hope you are okay today :))

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