Ronit Golan – who has a shop FULL of loveliness – generously released another great tutorial: how to make a very graphic gradient cane and some simple pieces using it. As always, her work is clearly photographed and well … Read More ...
Tutorial: Gifts for Dad
I occasionally struggle with making crafty gifts for the guys in my world. Key fobs are a simple, practical idea and this tutorial by Jenny of Crafts Unleashed is basic enough for the kiddos to do as well. You could … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cat Sculpture
Here’s a great tutorial for sculpting a folk-style cat. The original blog post is in Slovenian but is clearly illustrated or you can use the nifty translator widget from Google. The tutorial uses earth clay and slip but you … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Drawer Pulls
Carmen Rose shares with us a tutorial for using simple canes – jelly rolls – to decorate drawer knobs. A great way to customize your decor. The same idea makes great magnets or brooch pins.… Read More ...
Tutorials Galore: Wedding Clay and Sculpey
I went looking for ideas for polymer clay wedding crafts and it turns out I didn’t have to go far – Patricia Kimle has a whole series of good stuff on Sculpey.com:
… Read More ...Tutorial: Wedding Glasses
These lovely glasses have beautiful, time-consuming details. Art-ioma has picture steps on how to make them but some details are missing. I often adhere clay to glass without an adhesive but for this, with the open work and the tiny … Read More ...
Tutorial Offer: Polymer Clay Jewelrymaking
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:
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| Kaleidoscope Cane by IKandiClay | Adjustable Bracelet by FruitLoopJewellery |
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| 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 ...