This week was all about the eye catching – neat patterns, vibrant colours. We have a yarn bowl by Angela Hickey (something I’d only seen in pottery clay and had a heck of a time making myself so this gives … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flip Flop Earrings
Here’s a quick, simple take on a perennial clay favourite: flip flop earrings. You can use the bottom of existing flip flops to give your clay the right texture and decorate the uppers of the sheet with cane work, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Easter Animals
Jane of Buzzmills has a tutorial for Easter or spring critters. It’s simple enough for the kids to do well and sweet enough to be great decor. You could add these to a little basket – made from polymer clay … Read More ...
Bright and Colourful Clay
This week is the first really spring-like, warm week we’ve had here. The whole of everything is rushing to turn green and bloom. It’s quite lovely. I’ve been distracted by all the suddenly bright and fresh colours out there and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Decorated Eggs
Meg of Creators Joy posted a tutorial for adding lovely curls and spirals to eggs for Easter decorations. If you click the first photo in the tutorial to enlarge it you can see how strips of Skinner blend are used … Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
7 Disney-Inspired Charms Found On Etsy
Disney has been a part of most of our lives for many years. Whether we have a single favorite character or many, little girls everywhere seem to look toward the Princesses for inspiration and dreaming. Today we’ve brought you … 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 ...
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 ...