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Air dry clay hardens at room temperature, so you can model, dry and paint a piece without a kiln. We stock Scola air drying clay and DAS in white or terracotta.
For work that stays soft there's plasticine-style modelling clay in coloured packs. Plaster of Paris, plaster wrap and modelling wire cover casting and building over a frame, and a pottery tool kit and rubber kidney help with shaping and smoothing.
Keep it covered while you work so it doesn't dry out, keep the thickness fairly even, and let it dry slowly away from radiators. To join two pieces, score both surfaces and add a little water before pressing them together.
Air dry clay sets hard as it dries, ready to paint. Modelling clay is plasticine-style: it never dries out, so you can use it again and again, which makes it good for stop-motion animation and for making moulds to cast from.
No. It's made to harden in the air and shouldn't be fired. Once dry it isn't waterproof, so it suits models and decorative pieces rather than anything that will hold water. We don't stock kiln clay at the moment.
Plaster of Paris is a powder for casting in moulds: mix three parts powder to two parts water and it sets in about 40 minutes. Plaster wrap is bandage soaked in plaster, which you dip in water and shape over a form or wire frame. Don't use plaster of Paris for body casting, as it heats up as it sets.
A kidney, a wire clay cutter, a ribbon tool, a double wire sculpting tool, a wooden sculpting tool, a stainless steel detailing tool, a wooden throwing rib and a sponge.