Outside of my art and craft world – which occupies a lot of my life, I admit – I have a technical background and an interest in things science-y. It is definitely one of the reasons that polymer clay appeals to me: the chance to build things, a medium that responds well to experiments, has reliable properties to explore, useful in prototyping.
Turns out it’s also super helpful in the teaching of science and the presentation of lessons or information. Over the years we’ve used it in my daughters school work dioramas and models. This biology student uses a combination of polymer clays and resin to construct a detailed animal cell model. I wish I’d thought of this when we had a similar project in high school biology, it would have been much more fun than the cut away pictures we drew for our version.