No finer clay than Fimo. (Fimo Modelling Clay)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Fimo Modelling Clay
Date:	29/01/08 (178 review reads)
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Advantages: Good for modelling and making trinkets.

Disadvantages: none

Fimo

Eberhard Faber makes a range of art craft products they are a member of the German STAEDTLER group. One of the products they make is Fimo.

Fimo is modelling clay.
I can remember my teenage daughter really enjoying making trinkets and jewellery from Fimo and I was in a shop recently and saw some for sale and it brought back memories.

First your young children will use playdoh or plastercine as a modelling medium. If your child develops an interest and skill in clay modelling they will enjoy using fimo . Fimo can be moulded into shapes or rolled out flat and a cutter used to make a flat shape, I have several fimo Christmas tree decorations that my daughter has made. There are lots of good cutters at http://www.fullmoons-cauldron.co.uk/pmctexturesand shapedcutters.htm.
The finished product looks good glazed. There is a fimo glaze available .
Adults will also like to use fimo as a modelling clay the finished products can look very professional. Fimo is often used to make dolls by hobbyists

Fimo is Polymer clay, in recent years Fimo has been revamped. These clays are soft; the newer clays softer than the original fimo clays, apparently doll makers find it a little too soft.
I just read that the clays that have to be fired at 130 degrees have now been discontinued and the ones that are available now have to be fired at 110 degrees C.
. There is Fimo clay called "Fimo Classic" with 24 colours in the range. The newer "Fimo Soft" has 48+ colours. The range of colours is so wide.
Fimo soft is easy to use its soft and can be moulded into many things. It then has to be baked in a hot oven 110degrees C. If you use higher temperature it will burn and blacken.

My daughter made many little models and lots of jewellery; some of it is still around 15-20 years later.
There are lots of ideas for what to make at http://staedtler.co.uk/project_ideas_uk.Staedtler? ActiveID=23852.

You can buy fimo in multi packs for starters, or you can buy small kits with several different coloured fimo clays and instructions on how to make the object. There for example you can buy a kit to make a teddy bear, a farm animal and a monster kit there are jewellery packs with the addition of the jewelery fittings. These costs around £4.00 see http://www.handyhippo.co.uk/s263-1-Fimo-Kits.html for several kits.

Fimo clay is available from http://www.polymerclaypit.co.uk/acatalog/Fimo_

The Classic Block

Standard block (56g) - these cost £1.55,
Miniblock (15g) costs- £0.60

Large Blocks (350g) cost £6.95

The soft fimo block costs

Standard block (56g) - £1.55

Miniblock (14g) - £0.60.

Also available is a starter set and a doll set.

Fimo clay can also be bought in craft shops or departments of big stores. Fimo is not suitable for under threes they will be better with playdoh but children aged 8 and upwards will find craft /model/ jewellery making rewarding with this product.
Thanks for reading Mary

Summary: A coloured modelling clay