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		<title>Great Classroom Projects With Free Art Lesson Plans</title>
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We know how difficult it is to come up with new and yet inexpensive ideas for classroom art projects. Our staff is always on the alert for great new ideas (if you have any, let us know! We are always adding to our library of free downloadable lesson plans). Our art lesson plans are either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Polymer Clay Beads</title>
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When beginners want to learn how to make pottery, they often envision earthenware clay used in terra cotta planters or Mexican clay pottery. Because earthenware designs have been used for over 9,000 years, they set a standard in our minds about pottery and how it looks. Advanced potters know earthenware is just the beginning. Different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polymer Clay History</title>
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What is Polymer Clay
Polymer clay is a material you can sculpt. It is based on polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material. It usually contains no clay minerals and is only called &#8220;clay&#8221; because its texture and properties resemble mineral clay. Polymer clay is sold in craft, art and hobby stores. It is used by artists, hobbyists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mold Making - Step Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The key ingredients for making a successful mold is planning and patience.  Planning is obvious but patience can easily be overlooked.  It is important that you take your time and do everything
step with and precision.&#160;  Otherwise what is the point of spending all that time creating your sculpture if you are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoothing Wax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From my experience there is a vast difference in the amount of effort that is required to smooth out wax sculptures versus sculptures sculpted with any of the polymer clays.  The underlying principles and concepts are the same but wax, when cooled, is a much harder medium and thus requires quite a bit more work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Mold - Step One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mold making is one of those tricky little things that can be very simple or complex depending on what it being molded.  Over the next few tutorials I&#8217;ll show you how to create both a simple and a complex mold all from the same sculpture.  The sculpture that I will be using for the tutorial is complex in design with tons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FUSE Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had put together a little article that outlines some of the key differences between sculpting with wax and polymer clays (http://www.polymerclayfan.com/sculpting-with-wax-vs-polymer-clay.htm).  In hindsight, the review was more of a comparison between sculpting with Super Sculpey and a relatively new wax called  FUSE.  I think it is important to point out that not all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lazy Susan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lazy Susan is one of those tools that once you start using it you will wonder how you ever got along without it.  Maybe not ideal for small pieces but when sculpting larger pieces it really is a must have.  If you are not familiar what a  Lazy Susan is and have no idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sculpting with Wax vs Polymer Clay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stop the press, isn&#8217;t this site suppose to be about polymer clay sculpting, after all the name of the site is Polymer Clay Fan! Yes you have read the title to this post correctly, I&#8217;ve started playing with wax lately and although I&#8217;m still wet behind the ears I thought why not put together a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.polymerclayfan.com/sculpting-with-wax-vs-polymer-clay.htm</link>
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		<title>Sculpting FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How long have you been sculpting:  As of writing this a little over 4 1/2 years (started in late November 2003)
How did you learn to sculpt (any formal education)? Self-taught.  Just bought some clay and started playing with it. 
Do you make a living as an artist?  Nope, went to school to get a BBA in Management Information Systems [...]]]></description>
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