Sale! Assorted Style Fimo Tubes
(special pricing is for these styles ONLY and do not apply to our regular stock! We have just received these amazing styles from a special close-out deal and are passing the savings onto you!! >All Fimo from this special order are pre-bagged in assorted colors and designs in 1 size. 100 Beads per bag. Some of the savings are as much as 70% off our regular prices!!
Small Tube, 6×7/5x10mm: $15.00 per bag (15c each)
Regular Tube, 6×12, 8×15 + 5x20mm: $25.00 per bag (25c each)
Puffy Disc 20mm: $30.00 per bag (30c each)
Antelope 7x9mm: $20.00 per bag (20c each)
Click on the photos to see a closeup of these very SPECIAL OFFERS!!
Regular stock: Fimo Tubes and Discs
small 1/2″ = $20.00 per 100 (35 cents each)
large 3/4″ = $40.00 per 100 (60 cents each)
12mm Disc = 75 cents each
20mm Disc = $1.00 each
Tubes are available in two sizes and various prints and colors as follows. Those available as discs will be noted.
Chunky Rounds 12mm = 75 cents each PICTURED: PEACE SIGN
Also available in some Flags – CANADA, CONFEDERATE, STARS AND STRIPES
Skulls
Round Discs 20mm
Available in 1/2″ and 3/4″ Tubes
See here for more Halloween
Pot Leaf
Round Discs 20mm
Available in 1/2″ Tubes
3/4″ – HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
Military Camouflage Fimo Tubes
7x9mm: $20.00 per 100 pieces
7x18mm: $40.00 per 100 pieces
Pink Flamingoes
Available in 1/2″ and 3/4″ Tubes
Dolphins, and Sun Faces
Available in 1/2″ and 3/4″ Tubes
Patriotic Prints
Available in 3/4″ Tubes *only*
Stars/Stripes or American Flag
See here for more flags
Animal and Tie-Dye Fimo Tubes
| Animal Prints * = available in 1/2 inch only. + = available in 3/4 inch only. |
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Mickey Walter (email her) makes these beautiful bracelets using our spacers and print beads. Click on the picture for a closer look. |
What is Fimo?
Patterns or pictures are made by stacking different colors and different shapes of polymer clay (FIMO) in thin strips about 3 feet long one on top of ther other until a tube at least 6 inches thick is formed. This “tube” is called a cane. The artist who lays up this cane has to be very precise and see that the different colors run perfectly from one end to the other, otherwise the picture will not be the same at various points on the cane. This all means that you should be able to slick through the cane anywhere its length and it will be exactly the same as it appears on each end.
Once the cane is completed, it is carefully rolled down by hand on a flat surface until it is about 3-4 inches thick. This rolling down also makes the cane very much longer, probably about 6 feet at this stage. This process has to be done very carefully so as not to distort the image, because if this happens, the completed cane cannot be used, nothing can be retrieved and it cannot be repaired. A cane has a shelf life of about a year and sections can be cut off to insert into other canes being built, which is why images will appear on tubes or discs or blocks.
The cane can be rolled down to as little as 5mm and still retain the full original picture. To make the tube beads, thin slices of the cane are wrapped around waste clay, which in turn is wrapped around wire rods, then cut to length and baked in a regular oven. All FIMO has to be finally baked as it will otherwise remain soft.
If you break one of these discs in half, you will see the picture running right through from one side to the other and perhaps understand more fully how FIMO beads and discs are created. They are not easy to make.
Now you know as much as we do. Never let it be said that Trash City is not an educational place to shop! 🙂