Outside of my art and craft world – which occupies a lot of my life, I admit – I have a technical background and an interest in things science-y. It is definitely one of the reasons that polymer clay appeals … Read More ...
Halloween Tic Tac Toe
Here’s a last minute fun project for kids or family. The clay is simple sculpting and suitable for children.
You could make this a fridge tic tac toe game by adding magnets to the bases of the pumpkins and ghosts.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Penguin Figurine
I’m a fan of penguin things and tend to make penguin ornaments for my Christmas shows. Here’s a cute penguin figurine that you could easily do as an ornament. The video is great, detailed and the figures are very fun … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Hollow Clay Beads
Truly large items from clay present a challenge. They take a lot of materials but they also require a great deal of curing time and it’s hard to be sure that every section has cured enough. You get around this … Read More ...
Tutorial: Halloween Scary Clay Tree
While I work primarily with polymer clay – oven bake or low firing plastic clays – I do also play with air dry clays, both earth and paper based, as well as high fire stoneware clay. And occasionally with fondant. … Read More ...
Make Polymer Clay Gingerbread Cookies
One of the best bits about polymer clay is how lovely the imitations you can make are: beautiful, realistic, dolls, tasty looking foods, wonderful faux rocks. These gingerbread cookies would make perfect ornaments or decorations for the upcoming holidays. I … Read More ...
Tutorial: Fall Leaf Necklace
Autumn is wrapping up here – most of the leaves have fallen at least – but the colours are still rich and warm and here’s a fabulous way to carry the prettiest foliage of the year a little while longer. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Ornate Box
Here’s a tutorial that has video as well as text from Sculpey. The project is a fabulously blinged out little box by Gretchen Amberg. She calls it a paper clip box but you could tuck any little trinkets into the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Leather
After seeing an impressive faux leather piece I went looking for faux leather tutorials and found exactly what I was searching for. This tutorial uses materials most clayers will have on hand and straightforward techniques.
Bonus: the faux looks very … Read More ...
Tutorial: Trinket Dish
Janel popped up a tutorial for a trinket dish made with air dry clay. The instructions apply equally well for oven bake clays although I’d use coloured clay and save the paint for the detailing. For the air dry … Read More ...
Tutorial: Little Jack O Lanterns
The actual directions are for sugar paste but this is one of those simple little photo tutorials that works equally for modeling in polymer clay. I would draw or paint your jack o’ lantern face on after baking. You could … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a Faux Stone Planter
One of the first things I made when I began poking at my clay was marbled beads. Even then I thought, “Wow, those are like nifty rocks.” Later, I found you really could make faux rocks just about the same … Read More ...
Tutorial: Happy Haunting Door Wreath
Lianne and Paul of Swirly Designs have put together another really, really neat piece for Sculpey. The tutorial uses Soufflé clay but could be done with another polymer clay. The project is a mixed media piece with all sorts of … Read More ...
7 Polymer Clay Jewelry Tutorials
Polymer clay
is one of the best products to use for jewelry making. It starts out extremely pliable, thus the name of “clay”, allowing you to form it into any shape you choose. It is also very easy to mix … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Jewellery
Just a few polymer clay jewellery pretties to tempt. My colleague has a stack of cute tutorials coming up for others shortly!
Jack O Lantern Necklace by La Nostalgie| Heart Necklace by mrsvic1 | Berry Necklace by Clayberry Jewelry | … Read More ...