How can I make clay use to make things?

I will like to make things with so many other materials?

• There's many other materials I will like to make things with besides paper, and what other materials I will like to make things with are: Cardboard, Balloon, Pipe Cleaner, Foam pads, Metal, Plastic, Ice, Sand, Snow, Wood, Flower (from grass field), Styrofoam, Felt, Clay, Wax, and Gel? Whatever what material I will pick from these, I would like it to be all into just one material. How will I get clear material for each of these material(s), there is clear plastic for plastic listed up there; and for flower, may need a clear material that's a lot lighter and very flexible; it's really hard to find a clear material to put with clay, do you know what material it would be? How do I get any or all of these materials to be almost any colors that I will like? (For snow used as white, but to make it black, should I use coca-cola or black coffee?) How do I bend, mold, or fold any or all of these materials into just about any form or shape that I want it to be in, that seems to be very hard to do that with some of these materials, do you have any idea that how would I do that with the other materials I listed up there?

• Answer:

  Your question is too huge to really answer, so you might want to restrict it and ask again to get more answers and more specific answers. Or maybe if you said what kind of thing it is you're trying to do (or limit it to one thing), that could help limit it too. However. . . some of the things above could be transparent or at least translucent if handled in certain ways, purchased in certain forms, or if thin enough, etc. Here are just a few: ...clay (Translucent polymer clay, liquid polymer clay, cold porcelain air-dry clay) ...plastic (many types are clear, from solids like acrylic sheet to liquid resins, thermoplastics, acrylic mediums and finishes, etc) ...various kinds of glue (2-part epoxy, clear cements, E6000, PVA, caulking, etc, etc) ...balloon (translucent white balloons blown up/stretched as much as possible) ...ice and fake ice are clear to translucent ...flowers can be a bit translucent when fresh and lit from the back, or they can be dried ...wax (many liquid and paste waxes are clear or translucent, and candle wax can be too in certain ways) ...gel (lots of "gels" can be clear or translucent, from gelatins to Dippity Do hair products to gel deodorants, etc, etc) I don't understand this statement you made: "Whatever what material I will pick from these, I would like it to be all into just one material." As for coloring, each of those materials will have colorants and techniques for coloring them that work and those that won't work--including those which may or may not keep the material transparent or translucent. I don't understand about coloring snow if you mean real snow. It would melt unless kept at freezing temps. Fake snows could be colored in various ways, but there are different kinds and most aren't clear or sometimes even translucent. Many of the materials you listed could be shaped, molded, bent, etc, depending on which way each one needs to be handled. .