![]() I almost forgot about making Faux Enamel Cloisonne. Here is the only example I could find online, also made by Linda Heins. Many years ago I made some dragonflies for my bathroom window. After baking and it’s cooled off enough to safely handle, peal the clay off the glass or tile then stick it to a window. ![]() The key is to bake the liquid clay on a piece of glass or smooth ceramic tile. I have done this and it is so much fun ! Great project to do with the kids. ![]() Liquid Polymer Clay can be used to make window clings. This is a more intricate example of combed liquid clay created by Linda Heins. Here is the tutorial from Fire Mountain Gems The mica powders are especially nice for this technique! You can use tinted clay to do faux combed paper. Fill the gaps in your mosaic and then wipe away any excess “grout” with a paper towel and bake. Squeezing the thickened liquid clay out of a fine tip bottle is the easiest way I have found to use it. This will thicken the liquid clay, but it will still flow. The second is to mix in a powdered medium like pigment powders, mica powders, or pastel chalks. Keep adding liquid clay to the polymer clay and working them together until the clay turns into a paste. First is to mix a thick paste made of regular polymer clay and liquid clay. Liquid polymer clay can be made into a grout for your clay project in 2 ways that I am familiar. This is another example of the same project above created by another artist, Valerie Brincheck. If your glaze seems a little too thick, you can use diluent to thin it to the consistency you need. This is my favorite tutorial to make Faux Ceramic. When tinted with opaque mediums like the chalks, alcohol ink or powders pigment you can use liquid clay to do glazing techniques like faux ceramic. I personally like to keep it to to no more than 3 parts liquid clay to 1 part other medium. Just keep in mind you don’t want to mix too much of any medium into your liquid clay, because it can change the basic properties of the clay and may not work as expected. You can also mix in glitters, embossing powders, spices, or anything that is oven safe. Alcohol inks must sit on top o the liquid clay until the alcohol evaporates before you mix the color. These mediums include oil paint, mica powder, pastel chalks, powdered pigments, and alcohol ink. Liquid polymer clay can be tinted with various mediums to be used as glazes or grout in your projects. Here is a video that is great too □ Foolproof Image Transfer by Willowbird Studio ![]() Here is a short tutorial I wrote many years ago that shows how to do liquid clay transfers. Here is the Candle Screen Project written up on their website. □ The pictures I used were taken in my garden. I tied for 1st place in a contest hosted by Amaco. It can be used to do image transfers like I did on this candle screen. Liquid polymer clay is more than just a bonding agent for 2 pieces of baked polymer clay or attaching finding. ![]()
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