Clay Math - Part 1
If you’re allergic to math don’t let this scare you off - it’s a good way of cutting down on your scrap when you’re planning your projects out.
When you take a package of clay to make base beads, sometimes you’d probably like to know how many beads you can expect. So technically speaking, I once measured a package of Premo. That 2oz package of clay has a volume of: 2.953 inches cubed.
So if you were really picky - and really, really precise - you could get 51 12mm (1/2 inch) beads or more than 400 6mm beads (1/4 inch).
Think that’s incredible? You could, in theory, get 1400 4mm beads. I think there is such a thing as ‘good enough’ though.
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Being allergic to math, I would never have done the calculations necessary to discover that valuable piece of information. Thank you for it, it’ll be very useful!
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[...] What made me grin was that Susan had linked to my Math related posts. My clay buddies are frequently teasing me that I am the groups pet geek and I guess it’s gotta be true! For me, there’s some math in just about everything I do from my clay to my design work and it’s all beautiful! Colours and nature are linked inextricably with numbers in so many ways. And I hated algebra and trig, too. [...]