a small 2 oz unit of FIMO clay, or other polymer clay.
Brayer
a roller tool that has a handle for leverage and increased
pressure. Acrylic Brayers are suitable for work with FIMO because an artist
can see the surface while rolling.
Brick
a large 13 oz. unit of FIMO®.
Buffing Wheel
a machine driven wheel that has a muslin or flannel
disk used for buffing. Also available are drill pads with muslin bonnets
which also work in shining polymer surfaces.
Bull’s Eye
a design of circles, increasing in diameter and graduating
outward from the same midpoint.
Burnisher
a tool with a flat blunt wand used to smooth or shine
an area using friction.
a cylinder or length (any shape) of clay (or glass) wherein
several rods or sheets of color have been placed together to form a design
running lengthwise through the shape
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Clay Extruder
a hand operated tool that presses clay through an
opening to extrude the clay in a continuous shape.
Conditioning
the preparation of polymer clay before use. Polymer
clay must be kneaded or made pliable before use to allow the molecules
in the clay to align properly for stretching.
Convection Oven
an oven that heats with a continuous flow of air.
This is particularly favorable when even and exact heating is desired.
Crimp Bead
a tiny metal bead that clamps flat to hold wire by
pressure.
mixing of two or more colors of clay to produce a
streaked or marbled effect resembling stone.
Millefiori
refers to a process developed by Venetian Glass makers
where several rods of glass are fused together in a pattern (often star
or floral). Pieces of the resulting designed cane were then applied to
the surface of another piece of glass or used in lengths crosswise exposing
the design. This application literally translated from Italian means “Thousand
Flowers”.
Mokume Ganè
A Japanese metal smithing technique that is
currently popular in applying to polymer clay. Layers of clay (and leaf)
are altered by pushing up or sinking objects (or clay) into the layers
to create positive/negative special relations. When the layers are then
sliced horizontally, the “terrain”of the clay resembles rings or patterns
as the artist had altered the layered clay.
Monochromatic
Colors made from tints and shades of the same hue.
Oven baking paper that is used when baking polymer
clay to eliminate "shiny spots" on pieces.
Pasta Machine
A mechanical device intended to roll pasta but used
in the polymer clay industry to condition, blend color, texturize and roll
the clay into flat sheets of varying thickness.
Pearlescent
Having a shimmering quality, clay that includes a
filler that reflects microscopic bits of light, soft sparkling inside the
clay, not metallic.
Plasticizer
the chemical agent that enables softness, or initial
consistency to polymer clay.
Polymer
A chemical compound of high molecular weight consisting
of many small molecules linked in a chain.
Polymer Clay
A modern modeling material composed primarily of
PVC resin, plastizer and occasional filler material. A colorful clay like
modeling compound that is cured at a temperature of 265°F, is permanent,
and water resistant.
Polyvinyl Chloride
Commonly known as PVC, a polymerized vinyl
chloride compound, thermoplastic resin.
Pulver
micro metallic powder used to coat polymer clay with a metallic
sheen.
the shrinking of a design pattern to a smaller scale.
Usually refers to a cane that is created in a large scale and then reduced
in proportion by various techniques.
Resilience
the capability of a strained body to recover its size
and shape after deformation by comparative stress.
Lightness of a color, the amount of white mixed with the
hue.
Tissue Blade
an extremely sharp smooth blade borrowed from the
medical industry that has the ability to slice thin precise layers.
Toggle Clasp
A clasp that has a "T" shape inserted into
an opening (round or otherwise) to catch and hold two strands.
Translucent
shining or glowing through. Admitting and diffusing
light so that objects beyond cannot be clearly distinguished. When referring
to FIMO® - 00 Art Translucent, the sheerest clay which when used in
thin layers or buffed, is almost clear.
Transparent
having the property of transmitting light without
appreciable scattering so that bodies beyond are visible. When referring
to FIMO® - it is similar to porcelain, having a soft depth but not
clear.
The transferring of an image printed on a Xerox
copier and then applied to polymer clay in a technique that transfers the
ink and subsequently the image to the clay.
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