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Novices of soft pottery should prepare the following tools:
Common materials are wood and iron. Beginners are advised to buy knives connected with wooden handles. If the strength is not properly applied, the knives will fall off from the wooden handles (except for the expensive ones to ensure quality).
Blade: used for cutting and dividing polymer clay and slicing mud strips.
Pressing machine: In the process of making soft pottery, a small amount of colors and patterns need to be combined. Some soft pottery becomes hard, and it will be very hard to knead it until it is soft by hand. Using a pressing machine can get twice the result with half the effort.
Mud rolling stick: an indispensable tool, mainly used for rolling and kneading mud and making mud slices. It is best to use stainless steel and acrylic materials, otherwise the mud will stick to the stick when rolling the mud.
The so-called "soft pottery" is actually not pottery, but an artificial low-temperature polymeric clay. It is also called "painted pottery" and "barbecue clay". From the appearance, the small package of this clay is very similar to plasticine, and there are many similarities with plasticine in the play before baking. Soft pottery is similar to hard pottery. There are many such pottery unearthed in ancient cultural sites in Jiangnan area of China. Soft pottery is an ancient pottery, which can be divided into argillaceous and fine sand according to the production method. According to the baking method, the temperature is low, and the carcass is not as hard as hard pottery. The fetus is reddish brown, grayish white or gray. All the watches are printed with various geometric patterns, so they are also called "printed soft pottery". In use, we should pay attention to the common sense that children under three years old can't use it, and pay attention to the main points of production.