r/polymerclay • • Sep 15 '26

A word and reminder about posting

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If, for whatever reason, your post gets removed from the sub DO NOT immediately repost the same content. It could be held for a plethora of reasons that needs review. Reposting will be removed, and it's likely the content will not be reinstated at that point.

We are not on Reddit 24/7. It will take us more that a moment to review removed content.

Everyone also would do well to reacquaint themselves with the sub's rules. There's a LOT of hinky shit going on lately.


r/polymerclay • • Apr 14 '23

Official r/PolymerClay Welcome to Reddit's Polymer Clay Community!

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Welcome to r/PolymerClay! Here you will find tip and tricks, ideas, inspiration, techniques, and the creative processes of all things polymer clay from our community of incredible artists - or you can join in the fun and just show off your own polymer clay creations.

r/PolymerClay aims to foster support, assistance, creativity, and dialogue. Creative critique is encouraged (when solicited), but keep it respectful. There is no tolerance here for negativity.

What we are not, however, is a marketplace to buy, trade, or sell - or otherwise profit for personal gain from this sub. There are plenty of other subs here on Reddit that engage in the commerce side of things.

With that said, take a moment to review Reddit's Content Policy, the basic Redditquette guidelines, and our own rules for the sub before participating for your best experience here at r/PolymerClay.

Thanks for being a part of r/PolymerClay! We can't wait to see all of your amazing artistic endeavours!


r/polymerclay • • 12h ago

I know it’s hideous but I feel so maternal towards it

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r/polymerclay • • 2h ago

Plankton lighter case

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I didn’t start too long ago. Anyway, I made it of polymer clay and coated it in epoxy. Just thought I’d share it.


r/polymerclay • • 34m ago

Squidward’s house lighter case

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My attempt at Squidward’s house.


r/polymerclay • • 20h ago

fall bears added to the mix 🍄🍂

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two new designs I’m testing out for fall: mushrooms and apples! 🍎 & everything else I’ve made for fall so far 🍂


r/polymerclay • • 3h ago

Coating with water based polyurethane

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I use 3 coats but when i wear test them the shine fades away real quick!! I wear tested an item for 2 months and it looks rough and yellow! Any tips?


r/polymerclay • • 16h ago

I was able to find my earlier work.

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Here are some sculptures I did when I first started working with polymer clay, 2014 and 2015. Hopefully I can continue once again and not give up >.>


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Potted Sarlacc for a friend.

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r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

My seahorse carousel:)

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My latest completed project. I had the idea for this for a while before I actually started after my surgery last year. I worked on it between other small projects but she’s finally done:)

Materials

Polymer clay
Wire
Tin foil
Super glue


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Where to get good clay to make keychains

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I want to make something like this for my bf for Christmas, but I don’t know where to get good clay. Preferable somewhere online I can order it from Canada. I want it to be shiny, so I guess that would mean oven baked clay. I was going to order a whole kit from Amazon, but the one I originally ordered said it was very fragile so I canceled it. I also want the clay to be coloured. I don’t want to have to paint


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Why is my acrylic paint applying so patchy and rough?

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Hi! This is my first post on this subreddit. I've been working with polymer clay for nearly three years now, but this is my first time actually painting a piece - I usually prefer to use pre-coloured polymer clay instead of painting my pieces after baking. However, I want to create a gradient effect with paint on this beetle charm, so I'm painting it.

As you can see in the pictures, my white acrylic base coat is applying extremely patchy and streaky. The original piece before painting didn't have a rough surface at all (see picture 4), but the paint makes it look like it did.

Has anyone else encountered this problem before? How can I fix this? Thank you!


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

My pumpkin this year! 🎃The Pikmin (made with polymer clay) helped decorate 🌸😂

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r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

A model I made based on a dnd baddie I dun thunk up

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My ONLY complaint is that the base can't quite support the weight so his lean is becoming more dramatic over time haha.


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Halloween Miffy Charms!

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Here’s some Halloween inspired Miffy charms! I don’t always have time to sculpt but I’m very happy with how these turned out 🎃


r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

How would you recreate this kind of scrulpture

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Hi everyone ! I'm pretty new to clay and have made little cute objects so far. I fell in love with this kind of art and thought this could be a good usecase to learn armatures. However I'm wondering how would you approach this kind of sculpture from a technical point of view (of course at a pretty reasonable scale)?

I thought about making some long section of square shaped cylinder with some armature wire in the middle, and then bend them into shape, but I think putting it into shape may bend the square section in many place and require both very thin armature and work to shape it back the edges afterwards. Or put an armature first into the desire shape and then little by little bring material onto the wire, and shaping it back into square/edge with fingers then tools. What would you do ? or maybe another option I didn't think of ?

For the gradients I have no idea, I guess it can only be done by spray painting but if anyone has other idea i'm all ears :D

Thank you all !

Artist credit : lee sang soo


r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

Ignore my messy workspace but some matching lime monkeys I made for me and my friend!!!

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r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Weekend fun. I can’t get enough of this cuties 🥰

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r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

Mini lighter case beanie guy

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Love the way this turned out!


r/polymerclay • • 1d ago

My first original clay art piece

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1-month into playing with clay, made my first original clay lighter case. Even though this is also inspired by many artists, I still conceptualised this on my own. It was instigated by a friend who told me he wants a dog-inspired case. I got happy thinking someone liked my work and wants me to make one for them sooo I did some mental drawing and made this. Broke one of its tooth though, I am still happy! ✨ Share suggestions to help me make my creations better please 🫶🏼


r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

Buckbeak Progress Update

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I was asked to post updates in my last post so here is one!

I learned that having to sculpt each individual feather before placing them on his body was the only way to get the look I wanted. As tedious as it may seem, it is pretty therapeutic.


r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

I finished the chess set.

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i posted here a few weeks ago about being new to polymer clay and starting a chess set. the advice about using foil for structure really helped.

I finished the set.

I used sculpey 3 for this. didnt know it was bad but honestly the softness kinda works well for this because nothing is that thin or tiny.

i didnt use any moulds or anything. each piece is handmade and varnished. im really happy with it. even tho there are slight differences in the pieces they are the same where it matters height, collar height proportions. I nailed the base size difference between pawns and pieces. and the height differences between the pieces. it took 350g of clay total. the queens and kings were the hardest because the clay is soft and they were tall and heavy. they fit really well with the board because i planned it out well. but im so glad this is over I was loosing my mind. the magic lint machine somewhere drove me insane with the white pieces idk where the tiny hairs come from


r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

What polymer clay looks like without talent

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r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

Mimic Toilet is complete :)

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r/polymerclay • • 2d ago

Second Ever Worry Stone About to Bake!

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We won't talk about how crooked it is... Or the fact that it is baking next to my first, which sat unfinished for over a month because it is a mess.