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A little inspiration

October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sheila K. Hrasky is a fine art artist of the West who works ceramics, oils, acrylics, and watercolors. Sheila is known for her nesting ceramic flower bowls and on location paintings. She remains true to the process and produces original art daily. 
She may not work in polymer clay, but I do. Can anyone say C A [...]

Sep

17

Pick Me and a Caged Bird

September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you haven’t checked out Tamara’s Etsy shop lately, you are missing some gorgeous work. I absolutely love how she does her own thing and has honed it to perfection. She has some new designs I haven’t seen before which include the two pieces shown here. The only problem I have is that I don’t wear jewelry . [...]

Aug

26

Mokume gane - tutorials, plus a show and tell

August 26, 2008 | 4 Comments

 Mokume gane is a technique of layering thin sheets of contrasting clay into a stack, then distorting the stack and shaving off the resulting patterned clay with a tissue blade. There are many, many variations on this technique. Some use objects and press them in the clay. Others use the clay itself and push balls of clay into holes [...]

Aug

18

Handmade Texture Tools

August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Handmade Texture Tools
Originally uploaded by MossyOwls

I want these “cool” tools. They’re even better than the ones that can be bought! Original, very unique, and just all around awesome. They were made using this tutorial. Go ahead, take a look , then make your own. I am. You can see Mossy Owls Etsy shop here.
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Aug

14

Pixies and mermaids and faeries - Oh my!

August 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

I don’t know about you all, but this artist is one of the best sculptors I’ve seen yet.Her name is Michelle Bradshaw  All of her work is amazing! She not only sculpts fantastic fae’s, but she has the most realistic looking animals such as Cinderell’s mouse. I could have spent a few more hours looking around her website, but [...]

Aug

13

Diving Bacon !

August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

No, really! It’s diving bacon (albeit undercooked)! It even has a working air tank.
This little piggy was created by Singapore’s artist and designer, Garie Sims. Sims is a “Designer of all Trades”. Besides modeling and sculptural arts, his background includes Architectural and Interior design, display arts, and cartooning which are among a very wide array [...]

Aug

11

Muse Blues

August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well, taking the weekend off to clay didn’t do anything to bring my muse back. It was pitiful, nothing came out right and I just couldn’t get into it. So, what did I do? I surfed around Flickr again looking for something to cheer me up.
My favorite color is blue, so when I found this great blue [...]

Aug

6

Gossip on Flickr …….

August 6, 2008 | 4 Comments

…….. oops, that should be CraftGossip on Flickr, a new Flickr group just for your art and craft photos. Upload your pictures to the group for a possible blog feature in your respective category here on CraftGossip. It doesn’t have to be just polymer clay photos, we are wanting pictures of all mediums.
What are you waiting on ? Don’t [...]

Aug

6

Stacker bead tutorial

August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Amy of Ovenfried Beads has made a tutorial for her famous Stacker Beads. And it’s free! How’s that for generous? Here are her exact words -
” Hey folks…….
Ok I just can’t keep it to myself any longer.  In the event I should croak before I’m an old old lady, I want people to keep making them. [...]

Aug

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PCAGOE August Challenge is live

August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The August challenge is now live at our website: Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy . Challenge voting is open from the 1st of the month until the 3rd of the month at midnight. The theme this month is “It’s Showtime” . It was all about movies and TV this time, and we hope you will [...]

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