I have been asked on queston  a lot this year by clay artist or people that have worked with polymer clay.

Q. What clay do you use?

A. I like Fimo Soft.

This is the order in which I like the clays. But you should try them all because you may like something diffferent.

Fimo Soft : I find is the best. I like the way that it conditions and seems to be constistant when baking it. I have to only set my oven and worry about timing. It remain strong and dosen't burn as easy as so others. For cane work you do need to let this clay rest between stages.

Fimo Classic: I can not get it to condition well even if I use a food processor.I know that this would be a good clay for dolls beacuse it makes small moves.

Sculpey: I will use this clay to help with colors. I find this clay in consistant when bake and burn easy. It is easy to condition. This clay is not good for cane work.

Premo: This clay is made by sculpey and at one time I would have use it if I could not get the color I wanted in Fimo Soft. They have changed the formula and now it like work with chewed bubble gum. I find that I have to leach it and even then it is still too soft. This clay is no good for cane work. The formula is in constitant in packages so I have stop buying it altogether.

Kato Clay: I haven't worked with it much. But what I have it seems to be a good clay for cane work. Everybody that knows of Donna Kato she is about cane work. The only problem I have with this clay is the order. I can't tell you baking is like because I have worked with it enough.

I know that there are other clay out there. I have not worked with them and have not form an opion on them. This is just my opion on the clays that I have used. Other people may say different and in know way are they wrong. Working with polymer clay is like having taste. You know what you like and what you don't but you can't tell until you try it.