These companies want you to be happy, so I’m pretty sure that they would definitely help a girl out. Don’t ever accept something that you’ve gotten in the mail that wasn’t exactly what you had in mind when you ordered it. The times that I have done that, I have always gotten a replacement of that art supply. If ever that happens to you, you purchase an art supply where it’s just not up to snuff, definitely contact who you’ve ordered the supply from. I haven’t had a bad experience with a clay brand, however I will say that I have ordered clay before where when I got it, it was hard like a rock. This is probably my second or third year to use Amaco, and I’m digging it. Lots of pounds of clay in my art teachering lifetime. So, definitely take a listen if you’re curious about those kinds of clay, air-dry or kiln-fire. If you want more information about both kiln-fire or air-dry clays, I’ve done a podcast on each of those. Now, I will tell you this, I’m just going to scratch the surface of what kind of clay, glazes and air-dry clays that I like the best, that I would recommend purchasing. So, that being said I thought we would just start with clay. So, I have clay not only on my mind but under my nails, in my skin, in my pores, probably in my lungs, definitely all over my art room. I actually managed to use every last drop of clay with my students. I purchased 500 pounds of Amaco’s Low Fire Cone 06 clay for my 300 plus students and we have been elbows-deep in the stuff ever since. Okay, so I am coming off of two weeks of working with clay with all of my students. I’m Cassie Stevens, and this is Everyday Art Room. All of which do not include purchasing things from a kiosk in the mall. So this week, I’m going to share with you my favorite clays, glazes, printmaking supplies, sewing, crafts and more. Well, I promised that this week we would talk about expanding on those things that one would need to purchase for their art room. Some of my faves and some of my faves if your budget allows. So, last week we talked about those items that you’ve got to purchase for your art room. Gotta be honest, I wasn’t really thrilled either, because then that meant I usually had to share. Needless to say, she was pretty upset the rest of the year that she didn’t have any other money to purchase things with. You just get you some tempera cakes and maybe some makeup sponges. Which might have been really cool in theory, but hello, I just told you how to do it. That’s what my cohort spent her entire, entire art budget on. She’s dipping it on what looks like tempera cakes and painting rainbow swirls with it. I don’t know if you guys have seen this video that’s going around right now on Facebook, but it’s of a woman who is very excitedly using this sponge device. Inside this huge box was an art supply that she informed me that she bought at the mall at a kiosk. I say thankfully because one morning she came to my room very excited, with a huge box. Thankfully, we each had our own separate budgets. Many years ago, way back when I still taught in Nashville, I had a cohort, another art teacher who was my neighbor in my building.
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