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Hearty Japanese Air Dry Clay
Hearty Japanese Air Dry Clay
Well, I make no secret of the fact that Hearty is my favourite Air Dry Clay.
It’s a Japanese Paper Clay and, unlike other paper clays I have tried, it doesn’t have that soggy feel. In fact it’s so soft and silky that it’s a pleasure to create with.
Being a paper clay it is extremely light, making it great for making flowers, and objects that need to fine and delicate.I often use Hearty for making my miniature japanese figures, it has a soft silky feel when dry, it’s firm but has a a little flexability – again, ideal for flowers, figurines, jewellery or almost anything where you don’t want the hard stone feeling of polymer clays.
Hearty can be coloured prior to modelling by mixing in a little acrylic paint, or by using one of the Hearty tinted clays. Of course after Hearty dries you can embellish with the usual array of paints, PearlEx glitters, Rub N Buf, lacquers etc.
If I had to give up all my clays and choose one, it would be Hearty for sure.