Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
It’s been a while since I’ve done a little Etsy window shopping. Polymer clayers have been doing some pretty great seasonal work it turns out – sculpts, canes, jewellery, miniatures and more.
 Pumpkin Pie Earrings by HermitDesignsJewelry |
 Jack O’ Lantern |
One of the fabulous, fabulous things in the clay world is how many clayers spend a lot of their time and resources making clay pieces for charitable efforts. One of those is Ron Lehocky who has made many thousands of … Read More ...
My mini food fondness is probably a big part of why I like food canes and the teeny tiny beads that result from them (in my case). Shay Aron does fabulous food minis – here’s his flickr album for them … Read More ...
Last year Wendy Jorre de St. Jorre made a LOT of tree canes. She applied those canes to her pieces and shared both the finished work and the how-tos for many of those designs. Her meticulously finished pieces are lovely … Read More ...
What grabbed me was, admittedly the lovely, interesting cane I saw on Pinterest. I was late to the Pinterest bandwagon but browse more often now. Then I clicked and saw not only was it a how-to for a cane but … Read More ...
I have been an ornament making machine here in my studio. They won’t get listed up on Etsy like these guys (woe, Canada Post is not a gentle creature during busy season):
 Cabbage Ornament by PumpkinTreeLane |
 Chocolate Cream Pie Ornament |
Here are a few of the fabulous pieces polymer clay artists on Etsy have made for the US Thanksgiving holiday:
 Pilgrim Boy and Girl by CortneyrectorFOLKART |
 Autumn Croquembouche by ParisMiniatures |
 Thanksgiving Servers by SeajayDesigns |
 Primitive Pumpkin Art by OldeKettleLane |
Clayers are a generous bunch. You can find a pile of tutorials posted, for free, on the internet. Many of these are old pros including this one by Marcia of Mars Design. This one is a quickie photo tutorial from … Read More ...
Back when I started doing polymer clay online – in 2002 or so – I found a community going strong at PCC(polymerclaycentral.com) and lots of people who were big or upcoming names in the polymer clay world. I joined swaps … Read More ...
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 ...
Like the great food minis from yesterday here’s Bethany’s fabulous cake for her daughter. The sweet tablecloth is fondant but the super cute tea party decorations are clay, making for playability for her daughter. What a great idea!
Birthday rush … Read More ...
Isabel Drinkwalter of Lady L Designs wrote in with a blog post about how she approaches custom orders. She’s a talented clayer and jewellery designer and is (comparatively) local.
I’m always interested to see how other people handle their businesses … Read More ...
JooJoo on Etsy is a talented jewellery and print artist. She’s also a talented clayer, as you can see from the adorable little cactus on her site. I found the cactus as I was looking for inspiration – yes, I … Read More ...
I’m always happy to find crafters who, experienced in other mediums, are having a blast trying out polymer clay. Ellie Foster at Feltabulous is my latest find and you can see not only is she having a blast but she’s … Read More ...
I get teased by family and friends for making my ornaments beginning in early spring. I buy supplies for them at the Boxing Day sales. And every year I’m actually a little closer to prepared for holiday sales and gifts. … Read More ...