Sculpey Souffle – Raw Versus Baked Color Shifts
Video #696: Out of the 22 current Souffle colors, only 6 of them show just a slight shift in color after baking. That’s pretty good!
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IN THIS POST: — polyform — sculpey — sculpey souffle — premo — baking polymer clay — raw vs. baked — color shifts — darkening — polymer clay brands — (Topics marked with an asterisk* are discussed in the Comments Section below).
In this video, I will go through all the Sculpey Souffle Polymer Clay Colors, and show you show the differences between raw versus baked samples.
Sculpey Souffle is a very opaque, matte polymer clay with a suede-like finish that has very little change in color when baked.
Recently, I showed you sample chips of all the Premo Sculpey color line, and the differences in color between the raw samples and the baked ones. In this video, I do the same thing, only this time using the Sculpey Souffle line.
As I go through the entire Souffle line, you will see that out of the 22 current colors, only 6 colors show any perceivable differences at all… 5 becoming slightly darker (Igloo, Sea Glass, Lagoon, Royalty and So 80’s) and 1 becoming slightly Greener (Robin’s Egg).
All in all, the few color shifts that did happen, were so minor that they are hardly worth worrying about.
One of the nice things about this brand of polymer clay, is that what you see in the package, is what you get when it's baked. The really is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) clay!
00:00:03 –> 00:00:06 Hi guys, its Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor, and today’s Studio Tip, I’m gonna show
00:00:06 –> 00:00:13 you the differences between raw versus baked Sculpey Soufflé Clay.
00:00:13 –> 00:00:21 Now I’ve talked about Sculpey Soufflé before, and it’s a really beautiful clay made by Polyform,
00:00:21 –> 00:00:25 the same people that make Premo!
00:00:25 –> 00:00:27 Clay and Sculpey III.
00:00:27 –> 00:00:37 Now this is a very opaque clay that has a matte suede-like finish when it’s baked, and
00:00:37 –> 00:00:39 in the past I’ve shown you some samples of Premo!
00:00:39 –> 00:00:43 Clay and what it looks like before and after it’s baked, and so I thought I would do the
00:00:43 –> 00:00:50 same thing for Soufflé Clay, and I wanted to show you the color shifts, and this is
00:00:50 –> 00:00:57 the entire Soufflé line as of now, who knows, they may bring in some new ones over time.
00:00:57 –> 00:01:03 But I’ll just go through each one, I’ve got them in rows here, I’ve got the raw and the
00:01:03 –> 00:01:08 baked right beside it, and same with this row, this is raw and this is baked, and I
00:01:08 –> 00:01:12 also wrote the names beside it on this one because I don’t know the names as well as
00:01:12 –> 00:01:18 I know the Premo! names, so I’ll go through each color and show you what differences there
00:01:18 –> 00:01:19 are.
00:01:19 –> 00:01:24 Now, this is Igloo, this is the White clay and there is a slight difference in color
00:01:24 –> 00:01:34 when it’s baked, it’s not a lot, but it is just a tiny bit more Yellow, I would say.
00:01:34 –> 00:01:41 This is Poppy Seed, the Black, it is same thing, it’s almost no…well there’s no
00:01:41 –> 00:01:44 shift really at all in this one here.
00:01:44 –> 00:01:51 In Concrete, you can see a slight shift but it so minor that I wouldn’t call it a difference,
00:01:51 –> 00:01:59 same with Sand Castle, Latte, Cowboy, Key Lime…not really sure why this is called
00:01:59 –> 00:02:06 Key Lime ‘cause it doesn’t like any Key Lime Pie I have ever made, but you know, maybe
00:02:06 –> 00:02:09 there’s a Key Lime out there that is this color.
00:02:09 –> 00:02:15 Canary…now Canary, nope, there is no difference there it was just the lighting.
00:02:15 –> 00:02:24 Pistachio, there is a slight difference, the raw Pistachio is a little Whiter than the
00:02:24 –> 00:02:26 baked one.
00:02:26 –> 00:02:35 With Pesto, it’s very much the same, and same with Jade, they are so close that it’s really…can’t
00:02:35 –> 00:02:37 be much of a difference there.
00:02:37 –> 00:02:44 Now up to Sea Glass up here, it does darken slightly when it’s baked, the raw version
00:02:44 –> 00:02:51 is slightly Whiter, same with the Lagoon and same with the Robins Egg, in fact with the
00:02:51 –> 00:02:56 Robins Egg, it looks slightly Greener than it does here, this has a bit more of a Baby
00:02:56 –> 00:03:03 Blue thing happening in the raw…now when I showed you the Premo!
00:03:03 –> 00:03:10 Clay, the Turquoise was very similar to that as far as turning slightly Greener when baked,
00:03:10 –> 00:03:14 I’m wondering if it’s… especially since it’s the same company, they may be using the
00:03:14 –> 00:03:20 same type of pigments to get this type of color and getting the same kind of fluctuation
00:03:20 –> 00:03:21 there.
00:03:21 –> 00:03:27 This next one is Blue Stone, and there’s very little difference there.
00:03:27 –> 00:03:32 Royalty, this Purple is slightly darker, and that was the same with Premo! though with
00:03:32 –> 00:03:33 Premo!
00:03:33 –> 00:03:37 Purple, it was even more darker than this, this is very, very close.
00:03:37 –> 00:03:45 Turnip, is so close, you can’t tell much, if anything its slightly darker, same with
00:03:45 –> 00:03:52 Bordeaux and Cherry Pie, I think Cherry Pie is so close to being exactly the same that
00:03:52 –> 00:03:55 you couldn’t say anything different.
00:03:55 –> 00:04:03 So 80’s is slightly darker, I find that the raw one is a little brighter, it has just
00:04:03 –> 00:04:07 a touch more of a White color to it.
00:04:07 –> 00:04:13 Mai Tai and Pumpkin are pretty much exactly the same.
00:04:13 –> 00:04:20 Now as you can see, this entire line…partially because it is such an Opaque clay, there really
00:04:20 –> 00:04:27 is very, very little color shift in any of these colors which is really nice because
00:04:27 –> 00:04:33 when you pick up a block of clay at the store, you’re expecting it to be that color, so it’s
00:04:33 –> 00:04:40 very nice when they can keep a line the same… very close to the same without any color shift
00:04:40 –> 00:04:41 after baking.
00:04:41 –> 00:04:46 So I hope this was helpful for you, and you got to see what all the colors are in the
00:04:46 –> 00:04:55 Soufflé line, and if you liked this video, do let us know.
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00:05:17 –> 00:05:19 the comment section below as well, alright?
00:05:19 –> 00:05:21 So we’ll see you next time, and bye for now.
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Hi Cindy,
I am making a cane with Souffle clay but ran out of the white. Can I use Premo white to finish the cane? I worry that because Souffle is softer than Premo, the cane may distort when reduced. I’ve had this happen when I had some black Premo that was softer than the other colors. What I didn’t do with that cane, though, was let the can rest or put it in the fridge before I reduced it. What would you recommend I do??
Susan
Hi Susan, I am afraid that replacing the Souffle with Premo is not really going to work in a cane. The color, softness and texture will not be the same and it will be very noticeable in the end result. It is always best to start with clay that is all the same brand and consistency, otherwise you will run into issues like you mentioned. Also, since you mentioned it, I thought I would point out that although it is a good practice to put canes in the fridge before slicing, it is not the best to put them in fridge before reducing. A cane should be all the same temperature, all the way through… preferably warm actually. If you start with a cane that is cold, the outside will warm up way before the inside and it won’t reduce evenly. Hopefully that makes sense. Good luck!
Thanks Cindy. I sorta figured it would not be a good idea.
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I freakin love your videos. They’re so helpful and informative. Thank you and bless you and your family.
Thank you for the informative video as always Cindy! I’m really interested in trying Soufflé clay but unfortunately there aren’t any stores near where I live that sell Soufflé yet, and the weather’s still a bit warm for me to order any. It is nice to know for future reference that there isn’t really any drastic colour changes though.
I’m curious how you find Soufflé’s colour mixing? I’ve read a couple of reviews that say that the colours don’t necessarily stay ‘true’ when you mix them.
Anyway, thanks again and I’m looking forward to all of the new things you and Doug have in store for us. Cheers!
Thanks Klelin! I haven’t actually done much color mixing with the Souffle clay yet, but it is something on my list of future videos. I do suspect, since they are ‘designer’ colors, that there could end up being issues with muddy color mixes. Designer colors tend to be more complex and if you have watched my Muddy Color video you will understand why these colors could be an issue. It will be interesting to test though…