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Re: Hardened fimo clay -response

From: Melissa Enderle (melissae)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 18:42:37 PST

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    I believe that there is a special bag - a warmer that you can put place
    hardened fimo or sculpey in the microwave, making the clay softer. Also,
    some place the clay in a food processor, making the clay more workable.

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    > From: ARTISOK
    > Reply-To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet>
    > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 10:06:01 EST
    > To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet>
    > Subject: Re: Hardened fimo clay -response
    >
    > It's a FREEBIE- use it if you can- Good Luck!
    > My experince has been that FIMO is most often...hard,crumbly and not easy for
    > students (or anyone) to use. I have used the other brand name- Sculpty. It
    > too can be baked in your oven at home to harden. The fourth and fifth graders
    > at my school made pins for an art sale we have every spring. The results
    > were outstanding. We sold almost 100 pins. I would highly recommend the brand
    > Sculpty- If you ever want to purchase some. Sincerely, LaDonna aka artisok@aol
    > com 

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