Premo Polyform Petition + Cane Slice Pod Beads Video
“I love glow in the dark creations… especially these flower shaped ones!” ~Lupe-M
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On Nov 16th, I posted an introductory preview clip for the Pod Bead tutorial.
Today, the full version of this video lesson (Vol-030-3) is available for purchase at the Polymer Clay Tutor Store: PcT Store
This was one of the most exciting months to date! (What am I talking about — they’re all exciting!) Every month is filled with great projects and tutorials. This is truly the best value for polymer clay video tutes there is! There’s no other site that comes close to what you offer us. Like I read somewhere when I first joined, the low membership rate we pay is actually “better than free.” We get “more” in every way — quality of the videos and instruction, quantity of the tutorials, color recipes, ideas & inspiration, and help & advice from our Polymer Clay Tutor, as well as other members, whenever we need it! I’m so happy to be a member of this fantastic community, and so very glad to have found you, Cindy Lietz! Thank you so much for everything you do! ~Phaedrakat
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Listed below are the topics that were discussed in the last Friday’s Open Mic comments:
- Turning ugly ducklings into swans.
- Canes… even for clayers who say they are no good at it.
- Reasons to love polymer clay… no waste.
- Kaleidoscope canes.
- Selling on Etsy and Artfire and other fun places.
- IMPORTANT ALERT: Save Cobalt Blue, Zinc Yellow, Sea Green >> These are 3 of the primary colors that are at risk of being discontinued from the Premo Sculpey product line. We all need to work together to save them from extinction. Please add your voice of support to the Virtual Petition on this page in the comment section below. Your support IS needed on this very important issue.
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If you need to catch up, here is the link to the article where last week’s topics were discussed in detail: Feather Canes
Otherwise, you can use the comment section below to start talking about some new topics and ideas. Happy Friday!!!
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Hi Cindy, Know you are busy and I don’t know if you have found out that Premo Polymer clay in Colbalt Blue and Zinc Yellow is back. It is not sold in all stores but I e-mailed Sculpey customer service about these two colors because they are so important to color mixing and being a primary color why was it discontinued. I found out it has not been discontinued they still have the colors but only a few places have them. She was nice enough and gave me a list of places that have the colors….
http://www.sculpeyproducts.com
http://www.creativewholesale.com
http://www.munrocraft.com
http://www.polymerclayexpress.com
These 4 are the only places she said order zinc yellow and colbalt blue and right now sculpey products is having a sale of there Premo clay at $1.54
You may already know this but I thought I would pass it along if you didn’t. I read all the up roar from 2011 when they announced that they were no longer going to make these colors and all the letters worked and convinced them to keep the colors… just not in big stores so your people saved them. It worked people don’t believe me the POWER OF THE PEN can mean something.
Well back to mixing.
Sandy
Thanks Sandy! I was just looking, on the web, about the discontinued colors! It is nice to see they are still “somewhat” available. I was checking my stash and I only have 5 blocks left of cobalt blue!
I know as an artist who loves oil paints, cobalt blue is expensive to buy because it is made from a very pure pigment. I imagine the discontinuations that are being talked about are economically based. All the pigments –except for the sea green, i don’t know what that consists of– are made with pigments that are pure and expensive. If the green contains veridian, then it is also expensive. I would rather pay the price and have a quality color that mixes well with anything than to find out it’s not available. I can’t imagine if the manufacturers of oil paint decided to drop the most beautiful and striking colors from their selections. There would be a uprising of some kind. I keep cobalt blue in supply because it makes the most beautiful colors and blends on the canvas. It’s the same with all the pure pigments. They should be made available to us forever!!!
Maidensolo
Carol Simmons has posted a new blog post concerning this issue and here is a link to Polyform’s Facebook page.
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@Lindly Haunani: Thanks Lindly! It’s an informative article. You are so right about Denim and Sunshine not being replacements for Cobalt and Zinc Yellow. They are pretty but they just don’t have the mixing qualities that the true primaries have.
If Polyform is unwilling to fully bring Cobalt Blue and Zinc Yellow (and the others like Sea Green and Violet) back, the least that they could do is put them in Artist Master Packs like I suggested some time back. They did make some multi-packs of Classic colors, metallic, pearls, etc. but unfortunately left out these key components to the artist’s palette.
As well, the one pound blocks could be made available in a select few online locations for the artists that use larger volumes of those particular colors. This solution would mean that the stores would not have to carry large quantities of less popular colors and the artists as well as the general population would still have access to all the colors they need.
It has been more than six months since first hearing about this, and I am still pretty torn and frustrated by this situation. On one hand I love the new colors and so do my students. Anything that draws the beginner into the fabulous world of polymer clay color is a good thing. But to tie the artists hands by removing key colors for their palette, is unbearable. Insane really!
I do hope that we are able to shift their mindset get the colors returned.It would be a shame to lose the foundation of what has been built and have to start again somewhere else.
Is it to late to put my vote in? Save cobalt blue zinc yellow and sea green and glow in the dark.
Welcome Michele!
Think they saved only the blue and yellow, and came out with a new basic green.
Boy, we sure tried. What an outcry from the polymer clay community. Omitting that sea green will cause a lot of work reformulating recipes and I feel is a slap in the face to all artists. I dislike that they dropped the “glow” stuff too.
I keep up with product lines through Facebook, since I am there most, “liking” sites causes updates to show up on your wall as they happen. If you do, pls add Cindy’s site, too. Great pics over there.
For all, a great link is: sculpey.com/products/clays/translucent-liquid-sculpey
It shows their complete product line, addresses current issues, and is a fun read.
Hope this helps.
Please make Coblat Blue and Zinc Yellow available through regular retail stores again!
It’s my opinion that Polyform has responded to the outcry about eliminating primary colors from the Premo line, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY and only to avert a sudden and precipitous financial downturn. I’ve not read anything from Polyform that explains the reasoning behind their decisions. Is it a secret? Or don’t they think artists deserve that kind of respect? Or, are we being manipulated (like what happens in politics)?
This makes me even more disgusted! I don’t trust them now, and like many others will use much more Kato. Donna cares and listens and has successfully created a wonderful clay. I’d rather spend more time “activating” Kato clay than buying more of Premo to mix what was formerly available.
@Pörrö: I think you have a point about Premo’s message being a lie, or like Irene Hll said, it’s just something temporary to keep us from finding out the truth…so we don’t turn to a different product, like Kato.
I don’t like being manipulated, either, and I agree that with the timing of this over the holidays, many people will have missed the bad news that their colors are gone. Even if they know now, they probably didn’t feel the “fear” during those few days when we didn’t know if we’d be able to get the primary colors or not. That was really a scary time, and I’m sure it changed the devotion of many clayers away from Polyform! It’s a shame they didn’t test this decision first, or ask for their customer’s opinion on such an important issue as removing primary colors from their “artist palette”! It’s ridiculous, & a really rotten thing they did to us. I feel especially bad for all of the people like you who will be effected. I’m a clayer, but it’s not my “business”…so it’s not the same for me. Still, that’s not to say I’m not completely angry about what Polyform did!
I’m afraid that after the pretty new colors are unveiled, the harsh reality will settle in and they will find out that we do not trust them so much anymore. I think we should keep reminding them about this bad business decision, too, so that will hesitate before making crazy changes in the future…at least before talking to the artists who use their clay — that is, if there are any left!
Please don’t discontinue these colors. I don’t like it when you guys take away any colors!