craftgrrl | toaster shopping for the sake of clay (Reply)

someone asked me one day "What kind of craft do you not do?" the only thing I could think of was clay. I'm extremely crafty. I have a small bedroom in my house that holds all my craft supplies...well that doesn't account for the rouge supplies elsewhere in the house from projecting. I've been really interested in jewelry lately and upon the question that was basically translates in my mind "what can you not do that well?" I've begun to learn some things about clay. the first one is that bakign clay and well melting plastic can release harmful chemicals that you don't want to eat into the air...so I'm shopping for a large but inexpensive toaster oven...aka a dedicated toaster oven. What kind do ya'll suggest that works great for crafting only purposes? like cooks your clay really well and melts plastic in a constant manner.

other question revolves gin image transfers on clay. I've gotten the general idea of how to do it but my main concern in about the paper and actual place the image comes from. Will I be able to successfully transfer a magazine image onto clay using the gin transfer technique. I figure since the image it on the surface of the paper verse intertwined w the fibers then it should transfer well. So, I ask you crafty ladies for your advice on my crafting super lady delemias.

also Fimo vs Sculpty, which one is really better for bead purpose, less brittle and fairly durable...or are they basically the same?