I Tested EVERY Sculpting Supply from MICHAELS and here’s what I found…

In this video we're exploring the good, the bad, and the ugly from Michael's in terms of their sculpting supply line-up. I was honestly surprised by how bad some of these products are and how you can get pretty much every single one of them for cheaper online elsewhere. I understand brick-and-mortar is failing because of places like Amazon and whatnot, but Michael's markups are insane.

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[aceofclay]

What do you think of videos like this to break things up?? I really enjoy making them! Thanks for watchin' 😁

[ravendarkmoon]

2:24 you should create a character that survives on eating the silica gel packs!!! That was to funny 😂😂😂 also captures intrusive thoughts perfectly!!!

[xmobile.]

17:00 if you use a lot of wire, I'd say just buy a spool at a hardware store. I bought large spools of thin and thick gage wire at Tractor Supply store, they sell it with fencing / electric fence supplies for $30 USD when i bought it. it's probably 20-30 times the amount in that $8 package.

[Kristie_H]

I love seeing you do videos like this from time to time!

Edit: Oh no, you & Jackie both out here waving sharp pointy things at us!😂

[hhowdy]

I watch the whole video to get to the end “Thanks for watching” it’s so wholesome and nice

[williambrown]

The bite out one is good for making collars and blending the apoxy sculpt I use into the figure/toy/doll i'm working with.

[moobaba]

I love and shop at Joann’s so much over Michael’s

[vikkilooper]

For those new to polymer clay, you can also make your own tools. There are videos out there showing how. @AceofClay you and other polymer clay YouTubers have taught me so much over the years. I'm so very thankful for the knowledge you've shared! ❤

[shellv]

It’s sad about JoAnns. I worked there for over 15 years and saw the writing on the wall a few years ago and quit. I think Michaels (and JoAnns) justifies their prices because of sales and coupons 🙄

[zazzenfuk]

6:19 I use this to make a deeper recess when sculpting muscles. Best example would be the going around the outside of the arm. bicep to the tricep. Gives a nice crease by without reforming anything. I'm sure you can use other tools to do this but I wanted to try it out and I found this works well.

Damn this was amazing to watch! Kudos on the shopping 3 stores!

[hayden_ann]

The drill & hole punches are useful for leather-hard ceramics and airdry clay/ The metal scratching tools with multiple wires are good for texture. but are primarily used for scratching and scoring ceramic / airdry clay to bond multiple pieces of clay together when water is added!

[PhoenyxAshe]

Don't hate me, but I actually recommend the blue tool set for starting sculptors. Mind you, I also state off the bat that they are not the best - but they are better than the purple set that come from Sculpey - I believe it was called the "firefly" set. As I tell them, these and a sampler set of colored clay (which is what I use) will give someone the basics... from which they can then figure out which tools they will use most, and get the better versions of.

Oh, and I have use the texture wheels, but not very often. When I do, I do so on a thin strip that will be used as a trim piece. Run the wheel, trim off the sides, drape where it needs to be, bake... then fill in the indents with a different color, scrape off the excess, bake again. As you can see, it's fiddly enough, and the wheel options are limited enough, that I maybe use them once a year. Maybe.

[amandagermany]

Totally agree about Michaels. Hobby Lobby is usually cheaper but they have stopped selling so many art supplies it's not even worth it unless you are doing home decor or jewelry.

[finncantwinn]

i love a good Anthony calmly roasts products video

[alexisb]

For the 3 pack blades myself and a lot of polymer clay jewelry/minature makers like having the blade with a sharp edge for getting unbaked clay up without mushing edges or leaving bits behind off our work surface, while the dull blade is nice if you just want to cut or make straight lines and not have to worry about slicing ourselves in the process. Honestly in the 3 packs I find the wavy blade more useless than the two straight blades.

[mizzuzie]

So many tools that looked promising only to fall way below what can be used for clay. Thank you for sharing this!

[dartmart]

This was fun and informative. I can actually put many of these facts to use.

About Michael’s, I even use their crochet needles for sculpting

[starladawne]

This is a great video! It'd be fun to see you testing non-tools as tools (plastic knife, bamboo skewers, etc) and see how they compare to the actual tools.

[elenaculcer]

Thank you so much for telling us about the tools. I am so happy that you did this. I am on a set budget so I am not able to get the tools that you have and deal with I can get.

[sharonburley]

The package you opened at 3:08 is are items potters use. The tool you suggested to use for texture is used to score 2 pieces of pottery to attach them together with slip, such as adding a handle to a mug. The tool with the twisted ends is to put holes in salt and pepper shakers.