Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
The Christmas Holidays are the perfect time to slow down, cozy up in the studio, and create handmade gifts that truly mean something. In this video, Pottery to the People shares 20 easy clay projects designed for handbuilding beginners — … Read More ...
The Christmas Holidays are all about warmth, joy, and handmade touches — and this video captures that beautifully. In it, the artist from Lukkili Ceramics shows how to make ceramic Christmas bells using simple, approachable pottery techniques. These bells aren’t … Read More ...
No drama llama is still trending so when I was asked to make some Llama earrings for my niece, I thought I would make a cane and then I would have enough for a few different projects. Um it didn’t … Read More ...
Colors of the Stone with To Bead True Blue and Artisan Workshops showcases the widest range of artisan handcraft in Tucson with 1000 artisan exhibits, galleries, workshops, and ateliers. The assemblage of independent artisans, traditional designers, studio artists, and small … Read More ...
Wow, This my friends is pure clay skills! This Baby Yoda is made from clay and is wrapped around a mug. He is adorable and definetly beyond my clay sculpting skills.
With all the hype about Baby Yoda, I got … Read More ...
Almost all of my work is done with polymer clay canes and, like a lot of other clayers, I make them to sell too. It’s always been fun for me to see what everyone else is making. I used to … Read More ...
A few years ago Wendy Jorre de St Jorre did a year where she made a new tree cane each week and shared the instructions for them. Many of them were wonderfully complex designs and all of them were worth … Read More ...
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… 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 ...