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Stocking Up:


Where Can I Buy the Spoon Tool?

Do You Sell DVD Tutorials?

Where to Find Puppen Fimo In Australia

What is Fantasy Film and Where Do I Buy It?

What Tools Should I Use and Where Do I Buy Them?

Do I Absolutely Need the Same Tools as You?


Product Information:


Is Pottery Clay or Polymer Clay better? I've been told Pottery is.

What Wire Should I Use For the Armature and Why?

What is the most translucent polymer clay?

How to Determine What Size Doll Eyes to Use

Which Shape Eyes Should I Use?

Can You Bake Polymer Clay in a Turbo Cooker (a Mini Convection Oven)

Is Living Doll Polymer Clay Strong Enough For Ball Jointed Dolls?

Doll Hair- Use Mohair or Human Hair?

I Want to Know About "Magic Gloss"

What Paint Sealer Do You Recommend?

Is Polymer Clay Safe for Pregnant Women?

Can I Use Cold Porcelain or Air Drying Clay?


Starting the Sculpting:


What do I need to know before I start sculpting with Polymer Clay?

My hot hands melt polymer clay- what do I do?

Can I Use Magic Sculpt Under Polymer Clay?

How Do You Smooth the Surface?

How to Store Unfinished Sculptures?

How do I attach fairy wings to a doll?

Dolls- hollow or not?

Water and Polymer Clay


Baking the Sculpture:


What Should I Bake Polymer Clay On?

Baking a Mixed Clay- What Temperature?

How to Bake Polymer Clay Sculptures

How To Make the Aluminum Dome for a Turbo Oven

Can the "home made eyes" be baked again?

How to Repair a Baked Clay that Darkens

When I Sculpted with Prosculpt, it Cracked After Baking

How Long After Using Smoothing Oil Can I Bake?


Finishing the Doll:


Painting a Miniature Clay Baby

How to Get a Velvet Finish on Polymer Clay

How to Add The Hair on a Doll

Your Fairy Wing Tutorial: Is a Pattern Available?

All About Eyelashes- Where & How

How to glue a thin layer of hair


Art Business:


How Do I Find Out Who My Market Is?




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