A popular trend in art and craft (along with all of the owls!) has been little houses – cottages, gnome homes, beach houses, rustic cabins, castles… and, of course, polymer clayers have their spins:
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| Birdhouse Bead by jettabugjewelry | Custom Home |
Tutorial: Realistic Cake Slices
Getting the realistic texture on the mini foods, particularly cakes and other baking, was quite the trick initially. Here’s a great tutorial with TONS of tips from Talty via Instructables. Her hints for nice fondant and icing are also great … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpting A Baby
I recently took a sculpting class which the end result makes me appreciate how much talent and patience it takes to sculpt anything remotely realistic. I’m not quite there yet though I’m gamely playing along. This tutorial by Amanda Day … Read More ...
Inspiration: Textured and Highlighted Brooch
This pretty brooch by Jamie Smedley, writing for FireMountainGems, showcases some of the lovely effects you can get with the range of products at FMG. The cut and stamped designs are highlighted with guilder’s wax. You can see a lot … 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 ...
Tutorial: Painterly Pendant and Earrings
This project describes how to make a “painterly” effect. If abstract isn’t your thing consider using the smudging technique to draw a specific pattern. You can use tools to do the painting – knitting needle ends, paintbrush ends and ball … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Pin Converter
Bettina Welker strikes again, with help for polymer clay jewelers! This time she offers a useful, polymer clay solution for wearing brooches as pendants without using the sometimes hard to come by finding for it. Perfect, clear photos of lovely, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Egg Cup Bunnies
These are super adorable – little bunny shaped egg holders for your Easter (or anytime, they’re that sweet) decor. Lianne and Paul Stoddard of Swirley Designs wrote this one for Sculpey.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Variety
I called this a variety but I guess they are all sculpture – still, the diamond is a feat of blends and careful shading for a very neat box, the lion is a mosaic of canes, the cat is a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Yin Yang Necklace Set
This is a great “best friends” project to make. She uses paper clay and a spray sealer – if you use oven bake polymer clay I would go with a brush on sealer since many of the spray sealers react … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Stories
Fairytale finds – always some of my favourite – from clayers on Etsy:
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| Tiny Art Doll by Fairytale Village | The Red Queen by MyWillies |
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| Unicorn Ornament by ClayCreationNatMarie | The Shoe House by UraniaArt |
Tutorial: Bride and Groom Keychains
A cute trinket for weddings or showers, this bride and groom keychain set uses simple cut out shapes and just the two colours: perfect for making a little stack for your special event.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Easter Bunny Sculpture
French clayer Myriam Lakraa shows a simple but sweet Fimo Easter rabbit sculpt. I’m linking to the French tutorial but you can easily read the English version, thanks to Google right here.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Fancy Cake Mini
There’s really no secret about my fondness for adorable food minis. It’s not something I’m terribly talented at making so I admire them from across the internet. The Mouse Market makes some of the cuter ones. Here’s a tutorial with … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Holders
Amy Christie of This Heart of Mine shares a tutorial for little holders – postcards, pictures, business cards, notes. Simple decorations and textures make a quick, straightforward project a little more sophisticated. She suggests using tightly packed aluminum for the … Read More ...