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 what I am talking about you can read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Susan.
When I first started sculpting I used a Lazy Susan for all my pieces. Back then I was using a water based clay and the last thing that I wanted to do is pick a piece up and move it around. When I shifted from water based to polymer clay based clays I for some reason for forgot all about this tool. I recently rediscovered this little gem when I started working on one of my newer pieces (centaur image included at the bottom of the article – the Lazy Susan is the yellow plastic circle at the base of the sculpture).
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