Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Jessica of MadInCrafts is a brave DIYer and decided she would make some interesting drawer pulls for her cabinet update project. She decided to use clay to cover her knob hardware and went with a nice marbled look. The tutorial… Read More ... “Marbled Cabinet Pulls”
Here’s an adorable mixed media project from Rachel Berry. The clay is a small part but it’s a perfect addition. Make a basket or a bucket for your crew at Easter or your own spring-y wishes for some decor.
Make some fun last minute St. Patrick’s Day earrings with Makin’s air dry clay (or other air dry or oven bake clay). Using Makin’s small heart – from the geo set that was almost my first set of clay cutters … Read More ... “Four Leaf Clover Clay”
One of the mainstays for my shows and my shop are my fairy garden things. I make a lot of fairy doors! Some of them are a little like the one in this delightful tutorial from Jenny Sorensen for Sculpey.… Read More ... “Making Polymer Clay Fairy Doors”
Barb, of MadeByBarb, cleverly titled her post Multiply Your Own Bunnies which is perfect for how to sculpt and mold rabbits. She makes a basic bunny sculpt over foil, adds facets, and then, using homemade molding compound, creates a mold. … Read More ... “Making Molds for your Polymer Clay”
Maive Ferrando builds lovely little fairy houses in this video. I was looking for some ideas for my own fair houses and stumbled across these. I could totally see a little cluster of these in the corner of my flower … Read More ... “Build a Polymer Clay Fairy House”
TheLittleMew has a channel full of adorable miniatures including bunches of tutorials and useful tricks to watch. I was looking for a Miniature Clay Unicorn tutorial and found this super cute offering in there. If you’re in need of some … Read More ... “Polymer Clay Unicorns”
Where I am, on the Canadian Prairies, it has been awfully darned cold for ages. These bright, fun pendant projects from Leslie of Peace Love Polymer Clay make me think of when it’ll be warmer. Of course, part of the … Read More ... “Marbled Clay Pendants”
Making polymer clay roses is one of those fast, fun, sort of instant gratification projects. I do them as warm ups at classes. Making GOOD polymer clay roses is a whole other deal. And here is a whole lesson, … Read More ... “Making a Better Polymer Clay Rose”
I love a lot of whimsical clay work and this lovely sculpted pendant from Ksenia is no different. The original tutorial is in Russian – here’s an English translation The instructions have lots of valuable tips in them including using … Read More ... “Polymer Clay Forest Pendant”
I’m always interested in how people turn kind of small inconspicuous bits of clay into characters with tons of personality and such tiny details. Diav Draconia, the maker of this traveling mouse, has a channel full of charming, interesting and … Read More ... “A Tiny Traveling Mouse Sculpture”
Cathy, of the UK site NurtureStore, has a two part fun craft – a homemade clay (seems like a version of cold porcelain) and a cute heart garland. I think the post was initially meant for Christmas but a little … Read More ... “Homemade Clay Heart Bunting”
Something I hadn’t considered before was making yourself a teeny replica of your wedding (or other special event) cake for a souvenir. Given how seriously impressive some wedding cakes can be I could totally see that as a neat wedding … Read More ... “Polymer Clay Wedding Cake Souvenir”
Here’s a couple of great techniques – a good, basic polymer clay mokume gane and pillow beads – in a tutorial by Kathy Weaver for Fire Mountain Gems. This is the sort of stuff that got me into polymer clay … Read More ... “Clay Mokume Gane and Pillow Beads”
This tutorial(English translation), by Dorthe of Ars Textura, makes one of the better polymer clay succulents that I’ve seen. It’s not precisely miniature but it’s a decent looking “faux”. Mix a little translucent in with that green … Read More ... “Make Polymer Clay Succulents”