Since I decided that the best way to get volunteers for the lightfast experiment was to ask, I posted on two of my favorite groups. Both are at Yahoo groups and the group names are Polymer Clay People and clay-polymer. The response was wonderful. What a great group of polymer clayers! I think we have enough volunteers now from a cross section of climates.

One of the posters has had some experience already, with using polymer clay on

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First, I am happy to say, that I am adding two brands to the test process. In addition to Kato, Premo and Fimo Classic, I have added Cernit and Pardo. I received a new shipment of Pardo and Cernit and, I have to tell you, they were a joy to work with. I will cover my “take” on the workability of each of the different brands of polymer clay in separate article this week.

The canes are all created and I am now working on the little bird sculptures. I have never done a huge amount of sculpture work, over foil armatures, so this is good practice for me. I am working

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 These items need to be able to withstand exposure to all the outdoor elements, from rain, to freezing, to sun.  Knowing this, about four years ago,  I began experimenting.  I created a design cane, using the six colors of the rainbow, plus black and white.  The brand of clay I used was Kato.  I had intended to also get some Premo, to use for this experiment, but had too many other things going on.

I made a little bird sculpture out of the Kato rainbow cane, fired it, and put it outside

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