PolyClay Emporium Polymer Clay
Mixing Instructions for Open the Pool
Open the Pool is mixed using three colors of Sculpey Souffle polymer clay: Jade, White (Souffle Igloo or Premo White), and Black (Souffle Poppy Seed or Premo Black.
Here are the Steps to follow:
Step 1: Condition your polymer clay well.
Step 2: Roll the clay out on the thickest setting of your pasta machine (or with an acrylic roller, placing the clay between two stacks of 5 playing cards each).
This mixing system is based on one-inch squares, cut in half, quarters, or eighths. A is a one-inch square. Cut this in half to get B, a 1 x ½ inch square.
Cut a B piece in half (on the short axis) to get a C, a quarter of a square, measuring ½ x ½ inch.
Cut a C piece in half to make a D piece, one-eighth of a square. D measures ½” x ½”.
If you’re using metric rulers, make the initial piece 2.5 cm square, and proceed from there.
Step 3: Here are the ratios you will use to make Open the Pool:
Step 3, continued. Cut out one-inch (2.5cm) squares from each color. You will use 4 whole squares of Jade, 4 whole squares of Igloo, and one-eighth (1/8) square of Poppy Seed. Premo Black can be substituted for Poppy Seed.
Step 4: Roll these nine pieces together with your hands: 4 squares of Jade, 1 4 4 squares of Igloo, and 1/8 square of Poppy Seed.
Continue rolling these together, back and forth between your hands. You are done when you can no longer see any discrete Jade, Igloo, or Poppy Seed the colors are completely mixed together into a new color, Open the Pool!
Congratulations! You’ve made a fabulous color!! Now do something awesome with it. And then show everyone! Tag it on Instagram @PolyClayEmporium!
Note: I’ve measured the colors of these clays with an electronic colorimeter and included the color hexcode for reference. Depending on where you are viewing (phone, tablet, laptop), etc, and how your screen color is calibrated, what you are seeing may not be precisely the color of the clay you mix, but it should be very close!
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