Marie Segal has a post on her blog about using extruder caning to duplicate beading pattern designs. All I can say is: why didn’t I think of that! I have TONS of beading patterns.… Read More ...
A Mosaic of Kaleidoscopes
Kaleidoscope Fimo canes can lead to almost impossibly complex designs and there’s incredible variations out there:
1. Kaleidoscope Cane, 2. Kaleidoscope cane, 3. Polymer Clay Kaleidoscope Canes Green/Tan, 4. Kaleidoscope cane… Read More ...
Finding Canes
A big section of Fimo polymer items for sale on places like Etsy are the canes. You can buy canes raw or baked. Here’s a few:
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| Tiger Cane by Cattherien | Butterfly Canes by Claychicks |
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| Yin Yang Cane by Norrine | Sunshine |
Making Fruit Canes
Summer is coming to a close here but that doesn’t mean I’m not still making summery Fimo canes – it’ll be warm on the other side of the world. Plus, fruit canes are always sweet. So I dug up a … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Rose Cane
Jumping right in with the cane tutorials… This isn’t a beginner’s tutorial – particularly working from just a photo collage – but the end result rose is lovely. Sigal also sells beautiful clay work on Etsy.… Read More ...
Millefiori Madness Mosaic
I’m indulging myself this week – and maybe next! – and going to look at canes. Tutorials, galleries, tools… the whole bit.
1. Cara Jane peacock feather cane, 2. Polymer Clay Cane Collection – detail, 3. IMG_5012, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Kaleidoscope Canes
One of the coolest canes to make has definitely got to be a kaleidoscope cane. And there are more ways to make the parts that any sane person could figure out in a lifetime. The above is a simple, straightforward … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Polymer Clay Eyes
Here’s a fairly simple but nicely realistic tutorial for making clay eyes. These eyes can be added to figurines and other characters. Pop some clay eyes on anything and it suddenly comes alive. These clay eyes are realistic and full … Read More ...
Out in Clay Land
Some of the regular events (and cool but less regular) out on the net for clayers:
- A post wrapping up this year’s Clay Connection from the SCPCG. I’m always a little envious of big events like this particularly after trying
Interesting and Unusual
A little of the different from the claying talent on Etsy:
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| Cosplay Cat’s Ears by GingerKittyCreations | Tiny Purses by MaryLovesFashion |
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| Rainbow Cat Face Cab by graphixoutpost | Elven Lady Sculpture by Angelsbynoemi |
Playing with Stamping
While I was at Christi Friesen’s class the resin we used was from Nunn Design… so I went and looked to see what’s up with that. Turns out they’re dabbling in clay! They have a little rubber stamping / … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Charms
Using a mold, some acrylic paint and a little clay make simple but fun charms to wire into necklaces. The photo is courtesy of the author’s photostream which has all sorts of crafty awesomeness.… Read More ...
Fall into Polymer Clay
I know it’s a little early. Here’s a bit of what’s coming up for autumn in polymer clay:
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| Pear Dioarama by ADifferentPlace | Leaf Earrings by CurlyGirlDesigns |
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| Pumpkin Cane by ikandiclay | Acorn Necklace by MySelvagedLife |
Christi Friesen: The Books Edition
I forgot to get to blithering about this part of my CF class – she talked about her book projects. The awaited Dogs book (the next in her sculpting series) will be in 2013.
And there are children’s books ahead … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pixelated Retro Cane
Bettina Welker of beadworx , a super talented artist in Germany, released a tutorial for her clever cane earlier this month. She calls it the pixelated retro cane. I’m picking out colours for my own version!
I scoped out what … Read More ...