Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

I use this clay for clay mosaics. There is cracking but for my art it only makes it more cool.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

Dick Blick is my favorite store. My orders are always completed in a timely manor...website is user friendly...customer support very helpful and polite. Just wonderful. The product in this review is one I use consistently for my art. Scultp it. I use other clays I prefer...this one is great if you like cracks in your pieces...sometimes I do...mostly I prefer a higher quality clay.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

It cracks easily.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

I've used other air dry clays and threw away my last order (different product) because it cracked like crazy. This has been great so far. It dries fast, but I have a spray bottle of water that I spritz it with if its getting too dry while I work. The only thing that would make me happier with it, would be a lower price. But all the air dry clays seem pretty expensive. I don't think I would recommend this for kids because it isn't real forgiving if you handle it roughly while sculpting. So if you are used to play dough-like clays that you can manipulate for a fairly long time, this wouldn't be for you. Makes beautiful, realistic flowers - best I've found to date.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

Convenient packs for the classroom prevents wasting of the product. Better for small scale character parts or sculptures. CAn color small amounts prior to use.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

I have used this with ages k-6 with horrible results. The clay OFTEN is totally dry when I open the container. I complained to Sargent about this and they were happy to send me replacements, which were also dry! The kids get frustrated by how quickly the clay drys. It doesn't stick well, even when we use a bit of water. My suggestion...DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

Easy to work with. Drys white. But... After it's dry it cracks.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

I thought the difficulty with this stemmed from my own inexperience. But as it turns out, teachers apparently also had a problem with this too. It's false advertising on the bucket to say it doesn't shrink after drying. It does and it cracks too. People also say thick things take days to weeks to dry and even then may not. What I do is set it out in one position for 24 hours then the next day flip it over exposing the other side to air and it dries in 2 days time. I thought it was a great bargain at first but now idk if I'm going to buy this again or not.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

This product is not really hard to use, in order for this clay to do not dry out is to use/mix with a little bit o lotion, do not use water!!!, the clay can be mix with paint before use, but only use acrylic paint, do not use oil. let is sit one day for better dry, if you have any left over, you can put in a plastic zip bag, so you can use it again, if you paint it and want to reuse, it will dry after 2 weeks, so use it before 2 weeks for a better result.

Comments about Sargent Art Sculpt-It Air-Hardening Clay:

I bought a 2lbs container of this product last year and have done over 100 phone charms and earrings with it. Only had about 2 pieces get cracks but that was because I didn't mold it enough or add enough water when blending it. I used Tempera paints to paint it and then added sculpey satin glaze for a shinny effect. I would recommend it to anyone but would Also recommend reading instructions and tutorials on using this product. Don't add too much water and don't let it dry up if you aren't done. When finished it takes a day to fully dry depending on the size. I turn mine over every few hours to allow even drying or hang them. The only thing I would do different with this is buy a paint sealer to apply before adding glaze some people don't take care of them and end up peeling some of the color off. My own collections are in perfect condition and over a year old. For small projects its perfect.