Polymer clay slab building
Slab Building reads, picked for buildability.
2 focused reads on slab building for polymer clay makers. 2 focused reads on slab building, including Polymer Clay Mokume Gane: Reduction, Distortion, and Slicing and Polymer Clay Pixel Slabs, Stepped Layers, and Mirrored Pairs. Each article names the technique, the materials, and the decisions that change a saved image into a piece you can finish on your own bench.
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Slab Building
2 focused reads on slab building, including Polymer Clay Mokume Gane: Reduction, Distortion, and Slicing and Polymer Clay Pixel Slabs, Stepped Layers, and Mirrored Pairs.
Articles
Polymer Clay Mokume Gane: Reduction, Distortion, and Slicing
Mokume gane only reveals its topographic pattern when the stack is distorted before slicing. This guide covers slab thickness, the poke-and-press distortion step, and slicing the stack so each layer reads as a clean ring instead of a smear.
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Polymer Clay Pixel Slabs, Stepped Layers, and Mirrored Pairs
Graphic lips, eyes, mushrooms, and badge-like brooches are often easier to build as flat or gently domed pixel slabs. This guide covers crisp staircase edges, stacked layers, and ways to keep left and right pieces matched.
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