Polymer clay-also known as painted pottery and soft clay, or barbecue clay. Polymer clay is the most common English name. Polymer clay is a kind of synthetic clay with strong plasticity. As long as the finished product is baked in the oven a little, it will make hard and colorful painted pottery crafts. Polymer clay with different colors can be combined into various simulated foods, decorative photo frames, flowers, lighting, hair ornaments, package ornaments, mobile phone ornaments, household ornaments, necklaces, hairpins, brooches, earrings and bracelets, or kneaded into figures, cartoon dolls, animals, plants, and even made up vivid colorful flowers. This material was first discovered by German sculptors in 1930s. Because of its unique advantages, such as high ductility, plasticity and colorful colors, it perfectly meets the artist's creative desire. Like a magic brush, it spread freely in the hands of artists and soon became popular all over Europe. Years later, it became popular again in America and Japan. Polymeric clay is rich, changeable and easy to operate, and it has not escaped the attention of European and American educators, and has gradually developed into an enlightenment textbook popular with children. Through entertaining, it is the greatest wish of every new parent to cultivate children's practical and mental ability, promote the coordinated development of children's eyes, hands and brain, stimulate their creative talents and cultivate their cultural temperament. Until today, painted pottery is still the favorite of craftsmen. Today, with the rapid development of social economy, people's material life has been greatly enriched, and their spiritual life has also put forward higher requirements. Especially in recent years, manual DIY has developed rapidly like mushrooms after rain. More and more people know and understand it, and the market is growing. Not only children love this magical polymer clay, but also adults, especially young people and students, have joined the ranks of soft pottery.