Here’s a lovely flower cane tutorial from Kael Mijoy. Her pictures are great and she goes into some details on how to put the background in so that you have less distortion in reducing the cane.
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Polymer Clay Apples
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Here’s a tutorial to make a charming apple from Amy of the b-line.
We’ll call this my Steve Jobs tribute!… Read More ...
Sweet Rainbow Bright Beads
Here’s some bright and cheery beads to start your week off. These sweet top drilled beads are from Pennyslane on ArtFire and are some great examples of mokume gane.… Read More ...
Rounding Up Some Clay Activities
Out on the net there’s the regular good stuff going on:
- The PCAGOE has their monthly Challenge vote – you can win prizes simply by voting in their contest
- PCC’s October challenge is Skulls and Spooks and you should definitely
Make Your Own Clay Pandora Style Beads
… and the Etsy Russian Team shows us how with their quick and easy tutorial. Make sure and check out the contributor, Dariami, on Etsy. She makes lovely pieces.… Read More ...
Another Idea for Clay Sorting
Leigh Ross shares her method for catching scraps and sorting them in her workspace. This is just one of the many tips you can find on the PCC forums.… Read More ...
A Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet Tutorial
Nicole of One Golden Apple shares with us her tutorial for making a stamped clay cuff bracelet. Sweet!
Another version out there is the pop can one where the strip is baked on a can then twisted off when warm … Read More ...
Autumn Miniatures in Polymer Clay
Here’s a few minis to get our autumn rolling in the polymer clay world. Autumn may be my favourite colour palette (then again, I seem to remember feeling like this as every new season rolls in).
1. Autumn Harvest, … Read More ...
What Says Autumn in Clay to You?
Now that we’re officially here, in autumn, I’m searching all the goodies folks have posted with autumn themes, colours, motifs… you name it. Margrit Bohmer’s view of autumn is beautiful! What does your autumn-in-clay look like?… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Animal Totems
Clay artists are creative, creative folks. Leanimale’s store on Etsy is a trove of treasures including the one that caught my eye up here, her Le Kiwi Bird totem. The coatimundi is a close second though. Or maybe the Hamster.… Read More ...
Pumpkin Photo Holders
You find the neatest things out on the net searching for awesome clay stuff. This video tutorial on Cool2Craft is great! It’s by Linda Peterson so you already knew it would be good but perfect timing for Thanksgiving (in Canada … Read More ...
Homemade Glow-in-the-Dark “Polymer Clay”
I realize this is more of an air dry, from home materials kid’s clay rather than technically what we call polymer clay but I’m sticking it up here because it’s awesome (and makes me wonder if there’s a way of … Read More ...
Melody O: Wearable Art from Polymer Clay
I’ve had pretty good luck with the polymer clay community. As a rule, they are some of the nicest, most sharing people you will ever meet. Melody of Melody O Designs on ArtFire has been one of those. Add to … Read More ...
The Polymer Clay Cupcake Box
Definitely the most adorable project I’ve seen lately is this one for a Cupcake Box from the folks at Instructables. How awesome!
For an extra kick, don’t forget you can add a little scent to the clay – a small … Read More ...
Glitter Clay Mokume Gane Tutorial
One issue with moving from Big City to Not So Big City has been the loss of easy craft supply buying. I didn’t really get the chance to load up on the new Premo colours until recently. Sculpey comes to … Read More ...