Maria Greene, of Greene Earth Originals, does all sorts of great art including some polymer clay mosaic pieces in a sort of Laurie Mika style. In this quick walk through, Maria explains a little bit about how she makes … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Mosaics
A customer in my shop asked my opinion on how she could tweak her garden mosaic with polymer clay pieces for interest. I haven’t made many mosaic type pieces so off I went researching. As it often happens, Sculpey.com had … Read More ...
Tutorial: Tiny Clay Succulent Plants
As I’m finishing the window in my physical shop with little succulents – many in clay pots – I’m looking at a few spots in the shop which would benefit from cute succulents but are a pain to reach or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Your Own Clay Bezels
Amy Koranek wrote a great tutorial for using Polyform’s (the Sculpey people!) bezel molds. For her bezels, she’s using the metallic translucent liquid clays which strikes me as pretty clever. She also covers the steps for a fun mokume gane … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Hollow Beads… the Balloon Method
Clayers are pretty clever people who adapt all sorts of other techniques to their polymer clay work. Sona Grigoryan did just that by making “balloon beads” with polymer clay. She uses thin wire to make a skeleton or cage around … Read More ...
Tutorial: Miniature Donuts
Stéphanie Kilgast – aka Petit Plat – makes some of the prettiest food miniatures out there. She also shares videos, photos and tutorials all the time including this sweet miniature donut one to try. If you can’t find the right … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpt a Clay Poppy
Here’s another good tutorial from KalinkaPolinka. It’s in Russian but you can see Google’s idea of a translation here. The pictures are so excellent you may not need the written directions anyways.
At the beginning the author mentions the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Dinosaur Sculpting
I’m pretty sure dinosaurs were a popular unit for a lot of us as elementary students. Here’s a polymer clay project from Sculpey that would be great for students doing their dinosaur unit. This project uses plain coloured original Sculpey … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scrap Clay Kaleidoscopes
I cane a lot and I make a lot of beads. Apart from nifty beads and canes I make a lot of scrap. So does Ronit Golan, for the same reason. They’ve kindly shared a tutorial for making kaleidoscope canes … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Turquoise Variant
I tend to use a lot of “faux” turquoise in the form of magnesite, a common rock that is dyed to mimic other opaque, veined stones. I actually like the pattern in magnesite because it is very clean compared to … Read More ...
Sanding Your Clay
Way back when I started really claying and began to worry about how to finish my work I sanded by hand and hated it. Since I was making small beads, mostly, this was time consuming and painful. Eventually I settled … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Faux Sea Sponge Effect
Here’s a nifty one – a sea sponge effect, used on a pendant in this example, with a low relief texture. If you’ve got a simple ball stylus and a bit of patience you can make a convincing looking sponge.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Bunny Bowls from Clay
The tutorial, from AliceandLoisDIY, uses air dry clay but totally works with oven bake polymer clay as well. This would be adorable for your Easter decor, to hold a few handfuls of candies. If you do them out of … Read More ...
Making Tiny Polymer Clay Pies
As I get into the groove, making little food charms – not quite as small as scale miniatures which is a whole other art form – to add to finished pieces for my show, I’m having a blast. There’s a … Read More ...
Making Ladybug Canes
It must be in the air. I got asked for ladybug canes the other day, twice, and sent the nice askers pieces of cane. It got me looking at who else had made ladybug canes and discussed it online. Turns … Read More ...