No drama llama is still trending so when I was asked to make some Llama earrings for my niece, I thought I would make a cane and then I would have enough for a few different projects. Um it didn’t … Read More ...
Colors of the Stone • Winter • February 1 – 8, 2020
Colors of the Stone with To Bead True Blue and Artisan Workshops showcases the widest range of artisan handcraft in Tucson with 1000 artisan exhibits, galleries, workshops, and ateliers. The assemblage of independent artisans, traditional designers, studio artists, and small … Read More ...
Etsy Feature – The Mandalorian Baby Yoda, Star Wars inspired pencil holder
Wow, This my friends is pure clay skills! This Baby Yoda is made from clay and is wrapped around a mug. He is adorable and definetly beyond my clay sculpting skills.
With all the hype about Baby Yoda, I got … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Canes for Spring
Almost all of my work is done with polymer clay canes and, like a lot of other clayers, I make them to sell too. It’s always been fun for me to see what everyone else is making. I used to … Read More ...
Fabulous Polymer Clay Tree Canes
A few years ago Wendy Jorre de St Jorre did a year where she made a new tree cane each week and shared the instructions for them. Many of them were wonderfully complex designs and all of them were worth … Read More ...
Halloween Themed Polymer Clay Treats
It’s been a while since I’ve done a little Etsy window shopping. Polymer clayers have been doing some pretty great seasonal work it turns out – sculpts, canes, jewellery, miniatures and more.
 Pumpkin Pie Earrings by HermitDesignsJewelry |
 Jack O’ Lantern |
The Heart Guy
One of the fabulous, fabulous things in the clay world is how many clayers spend a lot of their time and resources making clay pieces for charitable efforts. One of those is Ron Lehocky who has made many thousands of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Leeks
My mini food fondness is probably a big part of why I like food canes and the teeny tiny beads that result from them (in my case). Shay Aron does fabulous food minis – here’s his flickr album for them … Read More ...
A Whole Forest of Canes
Last year Wendy Jorre de St. Jorre made a LOT of tree canes. She applied those canes to her pieces and shared both the finished work and the how-tos for many of those designs. Her meticulously finished pieces are lovely … Read More ...
Meet Marie Davis
What grabbed me was, admittedly the lovely, interesting cane I saw on Pinterest. I was late to the Pinterest bandwagon but browse more often now. Then I clicked and saw not only was it a how-to for a cane but … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Ornament Picks
I have been an ornament making machine here in my studio. They won’t get listed up on Etsy like these guys (woe, Canada Post is not a gentle creature during busy season):
 Cabbage Ornament by PumpkinTreeLane |
 Chocolate Cream Pie Ornament |
Polymer Clay Thanksgiving Finds
Here are a few of the fabulous pieces polymer clay artists on Etsy have made for the US Thanksgiving holiday:
 Pilgrim Boy and Girl by CortneyrectorFOLKART |
 Autumn Croquembouche by ParisMiniatures |
 Thanksgiving Servers by SeajayDesigns |
 Primitive Pumpkin Art by OldeKettleLane |
Tutorial: Pattern Cane
Clayers are a generous bunch. You can find a pile of tutorials posted, for free, on the internet. Many of these are old pros including this one by Marcia of Mars Design. This one is a quickie photo tutorial from … Read More ...
A Little Bit of Inspiration
Back when I started doing polymer clay online – in 2002 or so – I found a community going strong at PCC(polymerclaycentral.com) and lots of people who were big or upcoming names in the polymer clay world. I joined swaps … Read More ...
Spotlight on Jill Palumbo
The last few pieces of Jill Palumbo’s work caught my eye after my peek into fanciful polymer clay pieces last week. She’s done a few recent pieces with fairy themes, shiny surface treatments and delicate sculpting techniques.
You can see … Read More ...