Jewelry Making Daily is offering a five tutorial ebook with material by Kato, Kimle and more on their site. You need to sign up for their newsletter in order to receive it but the projects all look good!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Quick Caning
A simple way to do canes is the way Velody describes in her photo tutorial. Having done some similar canes I can say you want to start with an inch tall of clay and not too much more than … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cross Stitch Clay Pins
Daria of Kittenhood passed along a neat tutorial of hers – how to make a cross stitch base from clay. She turns the little sampler into a pin but the idea would obviously work for other sorts of items.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Hot Air Balloon Pins
Elizabeth Magee shares her tutorial for these whimsical pins with us in a tribute to the Great Balloon Race part of the Kentucky Derby festivities.… Read More ...
A Collection for Mothers
My little jaunt through Flickr turned up mom themed work from favourite artists and new finds alike. What are you planning on claying for Mother’s Day?
1. Mother Nature Bottle Art Doll, 2. Mum Mouse and Puppy, 3. … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Bird Feeder
Stephanie sent this in as an idea for Earth Day. I totally spaced on that but it IS a good idea if you would like to attract a few feathered friends to watch. By my place, the house finches, … Read More ...
A Little Window Shopping
From the neat and new department of Clay on Etsy:
 |  |
| Kaleidoscope Cane by IKandiClay | Adjustable Bracelet by FruitLoopJewellery |
 |  |
| OOAK Sculpted Fairy by LaurieAnnGray | Funny Bunny Ring by PennysLane |
Tutorial: Hidden Flower Pendant
Sculpey (thanks to contributor Wilda Kemp) has a great pendant project – the hidden flower pendant. It covers how to create a domed pendant with a recessed flower in it which is a neat look. I think this would … Read More ...
Tutorial: Owl Cane
The snippet above is from Danielle’s Fimo owl cane tutorial on Flickr. This Dutch artist has a whole album of lovely work and a website to see.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Designer Ring… from Clay
Like some of the designer rings but can’t float the price? Tamara from Etcetorize made her fancy find from clay and shared how in this tutorial.
If you have the extra tools you could extrude a snake of half … Read More ...
Tutorial: Fingerprint Necklace
Fingerprint jewellery has been popular for a while and here’s a clay version that would be perfect as a Mother’s Day gift. I’d use ink or pigments of some sort to highlight the impression.
She talks about using the softer … Read More ...
Tutorial: Turtle Tin
The super talented Meg Newberg shares another tutorial on her PolymerClayWorkshop site. This one uses a tiny tin and some darling canes (You could totally use the canes Meg sells, too!) to make a sweet turtle. She suggests an … Read More ...
Tutorial: Black and Gold Feather Bracelet
Melanie of Artzy Creations sent in her tutorial for her fancy looking bracelet and it’s a twofer – there’s an accompanying earrings tutorial as well! The tutorial describes how to make a nifty feather bead as well as fairly unusual … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flower Cane
Continuing along with the cane theme… Amatista generously shares a tutorial on her Flickr photostream to make a flower cane similar to this one. She has a website to see more of her lovely work as well.
Check out this … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flower Cane
A picture tutorial, about halfway down, for the lovely flower cane above and some variants. This is a good way to use a single blend to make a variety of canes along the same theme.
Check out this book … Read More ...