Lucy Clay Brand – Polymer Clay Bead Baking Rack

00:00:03 –> 00:00:08 Hi guys, its Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor, and today’s PcT Product demo, I’m gonna

00:00:08 –> 00:00:12 show you the new Lucy Clay Baker.

00:00:12 –> 00:00:19 Now Lucy Clay Tools is a company from Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and we now have a new distributor

00:00:19 –> 00:00:26 in Canada… and she’ll ship to anywhere in the world as well, but her name is Diane Bruce,

00:00:26 –> 00:00:33 and she has a Etsy shop called Van Island Jewels, which stands for Vancouver Island

00:00:33 –> 00:00:41 where she lives in Victoria, BC, so Diane got a hold of me, and she was…she sent me

00:00:41 –> 00:00:44 some cool new Lucy Tools.

00:00:44 –> 00:00:51 So this is the first one I’m gonna show you, this is called the LC Baker, so for Lucy Clay

00:00:51 –> 00:00:57 Baker, and it is for… its’ designed for baking Polymer Clay pieces… like flat pieces

00:00:57 –> 00:01:02 like this, I’ll just throw a few on here, and then it’s got a second tier for baking

00:01:02 –> 00:01:10 more pieces, now it also has little slots in it that you can put bead pins for baking

00:01:10 –> 00:01:17 beads, now it doesn’t come with the pins, only…Diane and I have figured out some new

00:01:17 –> 00:01:18 things for this.

00:01:18 –> 00:01:27 Now, my…there’s a few things that I really love about this baker, first of all, the size,

00:01:27 –> 00:01:32 it’s a really nice size, you’ve probably seen me use the Amaco Bead Rack which is a

00:01:32 –> 00:01:41 lot smaller, and, I mean maybe it’s meant…designed more for toaster ovens and that kind of thing,

00:01:41 –> 00:01:46 though this one here, still fits in my toaster oven quite beautifully, it’s just really nice

00:01:46 –> 00:01:53 size, you can get way more beads and way more pieces in it than the Amaco Rack can.

00:01:53 –> 00:01:59 The other thing I like about it is this second layer, now you could use it for baking on,

00:01:59 –> 00:02:07 but I also think it’s a built in tent, so instead of having to have a tinfoil tent for

00:02:07 –> 00:02:13 it, you can use just this top, and anything that’s underneath it, will be automatically

00:02:13 –> 00:02:16 tented.

00:02:16 –> 00:02:23 These are the things that I would do… that I do when I use it, to get better performance,

00:02:23 –> 00:02:28 first of all, I would never bake a flat piece on something that had holes in it, it’s

00:02:28 –> 00:02:33 just gonna be…you’re gonna get those little imprints all on the back of your raw pieces,

00:02:33 –> 00:02:39 so…and also, I never like to bake directly on metal, I find you get too many hot spots

00:02:39 –> 00:02:42 and little char marks and all kinds of stuff going on.

00:02:42 –> 00:02:50 So first of all, my first tweak would be to cut some file folders, one for the bottom

00:02:50 –> 00:02:57 and one for this top tray, now we have a flat surface to bake on, we have 2 of them if we

00:02:57 –> 00:03:03 want, if you are going to bake on this top layer, you’ll still need a tent, I’ve gotta

00:03:03 –> 00:03:07 go look for one, I’ve just got this baker so I haven’t had a chance to go out and hunt

00:03:07 –> 00:03:15 for one, but I would get a tinfoil pan that would fit perfectly on the top here, this

00:03:15 –> 00:03:20 one’s a little bit small yet, I’d like one just a little bit bigger, but this one

00:03:20 –> 00:03:24 would still work as my tent and then I’ve got it all layered in.

00:03:24 –> 00:03:30 Anything too much higher and you’re not gonna have any room in your oven, I better double

00:03:30 –> 00:03:36 check too just to make sure I have enough room inside my oven for a second layer.

00:03:36 –> 00:03:44 Then it doesn’t come with bead pins, which I think is kinda bizarre actually, but the

00:03:44 –> 00:03:52 thinking was that everyone had bead pins like skewers, and you could use that.

00:03:52 –> 00:03:59 The thing is with the skewers, first of all, I never like to bake beads onto a bamboo skewer,

00:03:59 –> 00:04:07 because they’re kind of absorbent and they tend to grab onto the bead, and sometimes

00:04:07 –> 00:04:14 it’s hard to release the bead from it, they’re also a little too flexi for my use, but you

00:04:14 –> 00:04:17 can do it and it’s useable.

00:04:17 –> 00:04:26 Another thing I had around was a couple of these tools, these Pearl and Etch tools from

00:04:26 –> 00:04:32 Sculpey, now they work in this top area but they don’t work in the lower area…well only

00:04:32 –> 00:04:39 one of them does, because if I go to put it in this lower area, this other end is too

00:04:39 –> 00:04:44 big and it’s not gonna fit in there, the tiny one will work.

00:04:44 –> 00:04:48 So say I’ve got it all loaded up with beads and I wanna put it in, this tiny one will

00:04:48 –> 00:04:53 work, but it’s a little flexible and kinda not that great.

00:04:53 –> 00:05:00 You could find some other mandrels and things, but they’re not everywhere to find, so I’m

00:05:00 –> 00:05:05 surprised that they don’t come with it, but after talking to Diane, she said “well why

00:05:05 –> 00:05:13 don’t we figure out something else” and she got some Copper…I don’t know if it’s

00:05:13 –> 00:05:18 Copper or Steel or what, it looks Copper, some bead pins that are exactly the right

00:05:18 –> 00:05:25 size that will work beautifully for the rack and she’s gonna have them available with the

00:05:25 –> 00:05:31 baker for people that buy the baker.

00:05:31 –> 00:05:36 I don’t know… we were just discussing it, so I don’t know if she will sharpen the ends,

00:05:36 –> 00:05:44 I sharpen my end really easily so that I could pierce the bead right away really easily without

00:05:44 –> 00:05:52 having to pre-pierce the bead, and I just used a little diamond file, any kind of jewelry

00:05:52 –> 00:05:55 file will work and I just filed the end down to a nice sharp point, and then I can press

00:05:55 –> 00:05:57 my beads into it.

00:05:57 –> 00:06:02 So I could have this thing very much loaded up, I would have a whole bunch of pieces in

00:06:02 –> 00:06:11 the bottom here and then I would have a bunch of beads on some skewers, and just load up

00:06:11 –> 00:06:15 this rack, have it nice… as long as I had the clearance for it, I’d have them all in

00:06:15 –> 00:06:19 here, and then pop the lid on and be good to go.

00:06:19 –> 00:06:29 I just…I really like the design of it, I may try tweaking it with the Sugru, I put

00:06:29 –> 00:06:35 the Sugru…there’s a video on it called ‘Sugru hack’, and I put the Sugru into the rack

00:06:35 –> 00:06:41 here to keep the pins from falling out, there may be a way of doing that in the holes here,

00:06:41 –> 00:06:46 but I don’t know it may not be that necessary, we’ll have to see, anyways, I just thought

00:06:46 –> 00:06:47 I’d show you that.

00:06:47 –> 00:06:53 If you liked this baker, do let me know, and if you like this video, let us know about

00:06:53 –> 00:06:54 that as well.

00:06:54 –> 00:07:01 And if you have any products you’d like me to test, demos you’d like me to do for you,

00:07:01 –> 00:07:04 do let me know about that in the comment section below.

00:07:04 –> 00:07:12 And don’t forget we have a great resource over at PolymerClayTutor.com where you can

00:07:12 –> 00:07:15 get answers to all of your Polymer Clay questions.

00:07:15 –> 00:07:22 Now if you’re interested in getting this bead rack or any of the other Lucy Clay tools from

00:07:22 –> 00:07:32 Diane, her website is… her store name is Van Island Jewels and it’s on Etsy.com, alright?

00:07:32 –> 00:07:35 So we’ll see you next time and bye for now.

Our goal is to translate these videos into as many languages as possible. If you are interested in helping with this initiative, then please do contact us and we will figure out a way to make it worth your while :)