Where can I buy polymer scrap clay other than ebay?

Question

Condition of clay doesn't matter. It can be hard as a brick

Answer 1

Check with local craft stores in your area. Talk to the manager and see if she will work something out when she has stock that has gone bad. It may be cheaper to discount it. We have Michaels that offers 50% to 40% off one regular item once a week. Also here in Illinois there is Hobby Lobby that does the same. Check online. Yes ebay will jack you up.

Answer 2

You could also trying asking in some of the larger online polymer clay groups (or a local guild, if there's one near you). Check out these two pages for online groups and local guilds (clubs):
http://glassattic.com/polymer/groups--online2.htm
http://www.npcg.org/guilds/localguildlist.htm

Also, if you're not already doing it, you might want to consider buying regular polymer clay online since it can cost so much less that way, and you can also buy large bricks instead of lots of little bars.
Check this page for online suppliers if you don't know about them already:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/supplysources.htm
(prices vary by dealer, and by s/h, and by sale, etc., so check out several to compare)

Also, if you just need armatures or filler to use underneath other polymer clay, you can buy plain, white (or terracotta), "original" Sculpey in very large boxes, and it's pretty cheap that way.
Sculpey will be more brittle after baking (and squishy to work with, if that's important to what you're doing), but when stronger clays are used on top of it, that won't matter so much.
Two-lb boxes of original Sculpey are usually available at craft stores, and sometimes they have the next size up too, though I've seen it on an end cap rather than with the regular polymer clay too (10-20 lb?). And even-larger boxes of it can be bought online, or perhaps at a teacher's supply store.


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 3

orientaltradingco.com

you may also craigslist.org and post a message to people about taking the old clay off their hands.

Answer 4

Try amazon.com or even froggle.com