Polymer clay cutter maker
Earring blanks, pendant shapes and matched pairs, drawn once and cut exactly the same every time. Upload a shape, set it to the millimetre, and add the holes before you export rather than drilling them afterwards.
How it works
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Start from a shape
Upload an SVG for a precise curve, or a PNG if you sketched it. You can also build the shape in the studio and send it straight to the cutter.
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Size it properly
Clay work lives in small numbers, so type the exact width you need. The header switches the whole studio between millimetres and inches, and the export is always in millimetres for the slicer.
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Add the holes now, not later
Earring holes and connector holes are placed on the cutter itself, so the clay comes out already pierced in the right spot. Hand-punching after cutting is what makes a pair look like two different earrings.
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Export the pair
Mirror the shape for a left and a right, lay several on one plate, and download them together.
Why clay cutters are not just small cookie cutters
Polymer clay is denser and less forgiving than dough. It holds a much finer edge, which is why clay cutters can carry detail that would tear a biscuit apart — but it also grips the inside of the cutter, so a deep straight-sided wall drags the shape out of true as you lift it.
That points at a shorter cutter with a cleaner release. Ten to twelve millimetres of height is plenty for a sheet of clay, and it costs less filament and prints in a few minutes rather than half an hour.
- Earring holes
- A hole cut into the clay at the same moment as the outline, so the jump ring sits exactly where you drew it on both earrings of a pair.
- Connector holes
- Two or more holes placed to a shared spacing, for dangles and multi-part pieces that have to hang straight.
- Mirrored pairs
- Flip the shape to get the opposite hand without redrawing it, so the pair actually matches.
Printing for clay
Print flat, edge up, with no supports. A 0.2 mm layer height, three or four perimeters and 15–20% infill suits almost everything here, and none of it needs supports when printed flat on the bed.
For very small cutters, drop to a 0.12 mm layer height. The extra time is minutes, and it is the difference between a crisp curve and a visibly stepped one at 15 mm across.
PLA is fine. Clay is worked cold, so heat resistance does not matter here the way it does for baking, and PLA prints the sharpest edge of the common filaments.
Making a whole set at once
If you want an alphabet, a numbered set or a run of icons rather than a single shape, Cutter Sets on the Pro plan builds the lot in one pass: pick a font from the catalogue or a category from the icon library, and it lays every cutter out on plates sized to your printer.
That is the same cutter engine underneath, so the offsets, bridges and holes behave exactly as they do here.
Questions
How small can a polymer clay cutter go?
Around 12–15 mm across is comfortable. Below that the wall becomes a large fraction of the shape and the opening starts to close up, though a finer nozzle and a smaller layer height push it further.
Can I make matching earring pairs?
Yes. Mirror the shape for the opposite hand and place both on the same plate, so the pair is cut from one file with the holes in matching positions.
Is a printed cutter safe for polymer clay?
Yes — the clay is worked and cut cold, and only cured later away from the cutter. Do not put a printed cutter in the oven with the piece; PLA softens far below curing temperature.
What if my shape has a hole in the middle?
Interior contours are detected along with the outer one, so a ring, a letter with a counter or a cut-out shape works as expected. The Polygons tab lets you keep, drop or re-height each one.
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The cutter studio is free and needs no account. Everything else is a plan away.