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 ...
Polymer Clay Storage Strategies
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 ...
Sculpt Your Succulents
This is one of the fondant sculpting tutorials that applies perfectly to air dry or oven bake clay. So many of them do! I even bought myself Wilton fondant tools for my clay ages ago since they were easier to … Read More ...
Making Charming Books
I’m a book reading type of person. And I’m also a polymer clay one. So let’s take it one step further and make little clay books. Or a couple of steps further and make them into charms. I’ll be adding … Read More ...
Kids Books in Clay
I like when I can use clay to add to kid’s lessons or experiences. Here’s a clay project to go with the children’s classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar
. Make your own caterpillar by mixing up colours and tell the … Read More ...
Leaf Canes in Clay
Here’s a clever exploration of greens – not the colour you necessarily associate with fall but you can go with a yellower green mix or get brave and try this with reds, yellows and browns for autumn hues – and … Read More ...
Halloween Cakes and Clay
The studio helper is making little cakes today so we went looking for inspiration and eye candy. YouTube has a plethora of videos on how to make little miniature foods from Fimo polymer clay and EverythingFimo is a channel full … Read More ...
Clay Thumb Tacks
The tutorial for this clever (and punny) take on thumbtacks uses a molding agent and plaster of paris but it occurs to me this would work just fine with a molding agent like Amazing Mold Putty and some form of … Read More ...
Carving Polymer Clay Pumpkins
Kirsten is best known for her adorable mouse figures. In this Jack O Lantern sculpt tutorial she uses a shape to bake the clay around. The foam ball she uses, in the UK, shrinks a little while baking. The styrofoam … Read More ...
Clay Halloween Witch and Spider Pin
Halloween is creeping up on me and my studio and I admit I’ve ordered a little more orange clay than usual just so that I can make my share of pumpkins, jack o lanterns and candy corn. Sculpey
and Helen … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Hacks
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 ...
Polymer Clay River Rocks and Beach Stones
Maria Jam Brown, the Blonde Crow, has a pdf tutorial with several faux stone techniques. There’s a recipe for a great smooth beach stone to complete your polymer clay summer accessories or decorations.
Make a variety of faux stones for … Read More ...
Beehive Pendant with Clay
Most of the time I work with traditional, oven bake, polymer clay but there’s so many other types of cool clay products out there. One of those is crytal clay which is an epoxy clay used, primarily, in jewellery making. … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Koi Fish
A little dish of koi, topped in water / resin, is a great polymer clay presentation. Or, turn your adorable miniature koi into a charm or pendant. PolymerPrincess has a channel full of other clay goodies to check out.
Polymer Clay Starfish
Beach and sea life are popular summer themes. These polymer clay starfish use fairly simple tools and a single colour of clay to make fun decorations or jewellery charms. The original tutorial is in Russian but you can see a … Read More ...