Nope, not according to this book Partain, Jessica & Susan Polymer Clay Cookbook, Tiny Food Jewelry 745.5942 P273P 2009 which I found in the Dallas Library and found to be informative and detailed of the process. 3) is it like regular pottery clay? No, it keeps colors separate more easily and has a lot more colors in the clay.
Also, you can't make miniatures with pottery clay the way they do. 4)lastly, is it an enjoyable hobby? It would drive me up the wall - I don't do tiny stuff at all well - the book convinced me you can do good stuff and polymer is very flexible (which is why I took the book out) but not for me.
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