PolyClay Emporium Polymer Clay
Mixing Instructions for Glacier Blue
Glacier Blue clay is mixed using three colors of Sculpey Souffle polymer clay: Robins Egg Blue, Cornflower Blue, and White (Souffle Igloo or Premo White).
Here are the steps for you to follow:
Step 1: Condition your clay well. Well-conditioned clay mixes with other colors more easily, saving you time.
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 simple 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 of the various clay colors you will use to make Glacier Blue.
Cut out one-inch (2.5cm) squares from each color. You will use 2 whole squares of Igloo, half a square (½) of Robins Egg Blue, and one quarter (1/4) square of Cornflower Blue.
Step 4: Roll these four pieces together with your hands: 2 squares of Igloo, 1/2 square of Robins Egg Blue, and ¼ square of Cornflower Blue. If you want a larger piece of Glacier Blue, multiply these numbers by whatever amount you desire.
Continue rolling these together, back and forth between your hands. You are done when you can no longer see any discrete Igloo, Robins Egg Blue, or Cornflower Blue- the colors are completely mixed together into a new color, Glacier Blue!
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 hex code 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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