I mostly work with oven-bake polymer clays but I do play with them all, on occasion. Of the air drying clay ones I like the effect of cold porcelains best. They have a nice delicate translucence when they’re left white.
Because the ingredients are water-soluble I highly recommend you use a water based varnish on projects just as Jo the tutorial maker does. Her site has what I consider the basic cold porcelain clay recipe and there’s a rose making project as well.
Of the homemade clays I like this sort of one the best. The results look good and the material dries to a nice finish. It is definitely not the easiest one to use – it sticks to everything I find – but has fewer cracks as it finishes.
1 cup Cornflour (cornstarch)
1 cup PVA glue
2 tablespoons Baby oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice or vinegar
(my lemon wasn’t very juicy so I needed to use 2)
Non greasy moisturiser
Plastic food bag (to store clay)
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