Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
If you’ve ever dreamed of turning powder into precious jewelry with your own two hands, metal clay is pure magic. Imagine taking fine silver or copper powder, mixing it with a binder, shaping it like clay, and then—poof!—after firing, you’re … Read More ...
Clay Lab for Kids: 52 Projects to Make
, Model, and Mold with Air-Dry, Polymer, and Homemade Clay.
Art teacher and winner of the Netflix bake-off show Nailed It! presents Clay Lab for Kids. Cassie Stephens introduces 52 hands-on crafts … Read More ...
This article by the Bluebottletree is a comprehensive guide to the best sealers for your clay projects. A detailed test of brush on sealers and spray on sealers were used with a controlled master cane as shown above. Do you … Read More ...
This polymer clay tutorial uses an extruder to create thin noodles that are plaited together for the knit style beads and layered for the other styles. I love the Knitted style bead, a great bead for anyone who loves Knitting. … Read More ...
I came across this tutorial by LearnPolymerClay and knew that I had to share it with you. It is fake china that is then turned into a necklace or other trinket of your choosing. I have been wanting to try … Read More ...
This video tutorial shows you how to make bookmarks with printed napkins, Obviously, you do not need to create bookmarks but use the same clay techniques shown in the video to add napkin decoupage to your other clay pieces.… Read More ...
I don’t even know how I stumbled across this article / video on whether you could paint Polymer clay with scribbles paint, but there I was sitting and watching the video. So if you have ever wondered too, you can … Read More ...
I’m at the incremental improvement stage of clay – I’m learning little things, in small increments – and that’s great. I remember when each month or week or day’s projects brought huge changes to my work and each new trick … Read More ...
JSThreads has a useful little post of tips and hints she accumulated while claying. I realize most of us have our own little polymer clay rules and guidelines. I agree with most of the tips and here’s a few of … Read More ...
Some of my favourite polymer clay “hacks” from over the years:
Just like setting up your clay work space you’ll have some variables in how you store the actual clay. When I was new to clay, a few zipper plastic bags and plastic Tupperware type containers were plenty. Later, when I … Read More ...
I don’t mean literally pop. That would be messy. I mean visually show up more. Adding marbles, rocks and crystals to clay can make for a really interesting piece. The more translucent the addition, though, the less it’ll show up … Read More ...
Just like I have piles of clay and clay pieces, I have a good stash of tools of all shapes and sizes. Not the least of those are my cutters. Some of them – a couple plastic shoeboxes worth – … Read More ...
After those first few blocks of Fimo clay, about when you realize you’ll need a few of every colour and one of each tool you find, you start to think about storage. Since polymer clay stays usable for a long, … Read More ...
The other day I dragged my family to the Maker Faire and saw all the cool DIY stuff folks are getting up to. In that extended tribe of creative, technical types tips and hints are called hacks. In that spirit, … Read More ...