Kathie of CuriousAndCatcat posted a simple tutorial for building a statement necklace with polymer clay. She uses acrylic paint to colour her white clay pieces but you could mix up your colours yourself if you have a couple bits to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Poinsettia Pin
Niki Meiners, writing for Polyform (the Sculpey people!), offers us this simple but pretty poinsettia pin. She makes an off white poinsettia but you could do the same design with a red poinsettia by using pomegranate mixed with a … Read More ...
Spooky Clay Finds
Okay so these Etsy finds are more of the fun spooky than spooky spooky but clayers are talented folks and Halloween is certainly an entertaining theme:
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| Bat Boy by APieceOfLisa | Frankenpod Squid by Noadi |
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| Tombstone Earrings by PixieHearts | Zombie Pet |
Tutorial: Carved and Filled Design
Claire Wallis shows a simple but very effective method of creating a carved, backfilled and highlighted design on a polymer clay item. Step 1, step 2, step 3 and step 4 (above). Claire does hers on a bangle … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pumpkin Stack
Michele of Michele’s Woman Cave offers up a tutorial for a simple Halloween decoration: this pumpkin stack. The quantities are proportional – she says one stick of clay which I guess could mean 1 package or 1/4 package or … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Cats
When I am trying to think of themes to use for my Etsy related posts, I’ll occasionally ask my daughter for inspiration. As she was thinking about it our old man cat gingerly jumped up on the sofa between us … Read More ...
Tutorial: Angela’s Autumn Leaf
This great autumn leaf cane, from Angela on PolymerClayCentral.com, is different for every slice you take off of it. Just like the real autumn leaves I’ve spent the last few weeks kicking around my yard.… Read More ...
Tutorial: A Border Cane
A great tutorial from last year by a very sweet clayer I met on PCC. You can add great canes like this to larger works or to a cane itself to increase the complexity or detail of it.… Read More ...
Christmas Glimpses
I realize it’s barely the end of Thanksgiving (where I am!) but I’ve been making Christmas items pretty solidly since summer and as a result I’ve been seeing all the OTHER Christmas work the talented clayers out on the internet … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a (miniature) Turkey Platter
This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada and, as in the US, we traditionally eat turkey. I thought it would be fitting to have the polymer clay version as well so here’s a simple video tutorial to make a great turkey … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Covered Crochet Hooks
One of the things I see a lot of lately are polymer clay covered crochet hooks, frequently using a cane decorated veneer layer. These hooks are a little different and a geeky tribute to your favourite bit of fun and … Read More ...
Looking Forward to a Clayful Christmas
I sell my work on and offline. Because of this, I started making Christmas decorations shortly after Christmas last year. At least, I tell myself it’s because of the retail calendar and not because I couldn’t finish my to-do list … Read More ...
Tutorial: Miniature Foods
One of the things we’ve always used polymer clay for in my household (apart from beads!) is miniatures as accessories with my daughters toys. Cute doll shoes, furniture and food, lots of food. As she’s gotten a little older she’s … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Agate
Like a lot of bead users I have a ton (well not quite a ton but many many pounds) of rock beads. And I’ve done my share of making polymer clay faux rocks. This faux agate slice tutorial makes a … Read More ...
Mosaic of Many Things
This weeks search on Flickr for polymer clay goodies yielded unexpected treasure. The steampunk bat is just fabulous – all those details! The little miniature foods, getting ready for the holidays… tasty looking. Sweet looking bears and a cleverly done … Read More ...