Mixing Instructions for the polymer clay color New Leaf:
New Leaf is mixed using two colors of Sculpey Souffle clay: Cornflower Blue and Canary Yellow.
Here are the Steps to follow:
Step 1: Condition your clay well.
Step 2: Roll the polymer 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, or 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 New Leaf:
Cut out one-inch (2.5cm) squares from each color of polymer clay. You will use 1 whole square of Cornflower and one half-square of Canary.
Step 4: Roll these pieces together with your hands: 1 square of Cornflower and ½ square of Canary.
Continue rolling these together, back and forth between your hands. You are done when you can no longer see any discrete Cornflower or Canary, and the polymer clay colors are completely mixed together into a new color, New Leaf!
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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