DAS Terracotta Air-Hardening 500g Modelling Clay, Ideal for Professionals & Hobbyists

This clay is amazing only a little bit lasts a long way.. it’s easy to use and it doesn’t involve any nothings to cook it. This is ideal for any ages

This was such a great block of clay for so little money. It held its shape nicely during modelling, and without any cracking during the drying! Nor any noticeable shrinking! No need to put it into the oven, it'll dry on its own.I've used it to make a sort of slab about 1 inch thick: it took 3-4 hours of work before the surface started to solidify, 1 day before it was solid enough to be handled without risking to change the shape, 2 days before I could turn it upside down, and by day 7 it was 100% solid throughout (room humidity: 45%, about 20 Celsius). The rest of the clay is still in the bag and -- it's been many days -- still soft and malleable, ready to be used as fresh.To be safe, I've applied gesso to the surface of the clay, once dried, and I've not had any issue painting over it with acrylic paint. There wasn't any absorption or anything unwanted.Overall, if you want to get started with clay, this is a good one. It's genuinely fun, relaxing, (cheap), and not that messy!

This is great clay, I bought it for my 9 year old do do a sculpture for his homework project, he found it easy to handle and the excess in the pack didn't dry out (even though I accidentally ripped the packet) when we went on a weekend away, I left the top folded over and it was fine 4 days later! The only negative was the first bit we used dried out quite quickly, but I think it was probably enthusiastically overworked. There was some left over for my 5 year old to try, and she also got on well with it. It has dried to a lovely finish but we are yet to paint it.

for the size this product is great. The quality is good, Functionality and it is easy to sculpt with.

Great for relaxing and making clay objects. Nice and easy to work with. Ideal for children and adults

In my opinion, there is nothing to not like about this clay. I am a newbie and use this to put in to moulds for crafting, I've also used it for shaping objects by hand for said crafts. I've not used any other kind of clay and don't think I will as this works fabulously. The clay is quite wet and sticky when first out of the packet but this goes away after you've worked a piece in your hands for a bit and find that if layering the clay as in creating a 3D type image then it does take a few days before it's completely dry and ready to paint and varnish. You sometimes do get little cracks as with all clays so I've read but it is easily rectified with a wet finger, some little imperfections can be dealt with very easily just by smoothing out with a dry or a wet finger. I have found this to be incredibly easy to manage. Also, I find that this clay gives you plenty of working time without having to wrap the packet up every time you take a piece, I really think that some worry needlessly about this. Over all, I'm very happy with this make of clay and feel it's good value for money. Also, the clay when fresh out of the packet is grey and turns white as it dries, I particularly like this as I'm a newbie, it's a great gauge on how this clay behaves. Lastly, some reviewers have said that the clay has a strong smell to it fresh from the pack and also when dried, I personally haven't experienced this - ( I've bought three packs now ) - yes there is a faint smell but nothing strong, offensive or overpowering.

I bought this 18 months ago and have yet to use it, so why am I writ8ing a review.It's a very simple one. I think everyone buying this product knows of its quality, so not a lot of point in reviewing that, but what astonishes me is that after 18 months I checked it today and yes it remains unopened, but had it gone hard after all this time I would not have been surprised or thought negatively of that. It is as soft as the day it arrived! I am amazed. I really must use it though!

Used this product to make air dry tree decorations/trinket dishes/ candle holders. You get a lot of product for a cheap price, however it is hard to work with. It’s difficult to smooth the surface of it and it is hard to stick two pieces together. I found that the Mont Marte clay is much easier to work with.