Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Rachel from Lines Across whipped up a great peppermint cane to turn into peppermint slices. The slices are then strung on twine for a fun seasonal garland. They’d make adorable seasonal earrings or magnets, as well.
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A little before I found clay online – and watched my skills really improve when I was able to see what others were doing – a very talented artist named Mike Buesseler released videos about metallic effects and mica clays … Read More ...
I had a curious customer in my shop today poking at some of the scraps on my work bench. Some of those are stiff, crumbly bits of clay that I don’t use for much except filler. The customer wanted to … Read More ...
This project combines polymer clay and a die cut machine – in this case, the Silhouette Cameo. Mags Bonham has been teaching this the last few years and has now released it on the Sculpey.com site for folks to take … Read More ...
While searching for other topics, I came across Shirley Rufener’s site again. There is a wealth of art and craft material there including a good stack of in-depth, appealing polymer clay tutorials like this one for fall toned jewelry. On … Read More ...
Long ago, when I was newer to clay and to blogging on the internet I met Lisa Clarke who was also doing polymer clay and blogging. I’ve watched her tackle all sorts of other crafts since then including knitting where … Read More ...
If you love miniature things this whole page is a treasure – there’s a wealth of material on how to build up your whole autumn scene. All of the details including the building of props from planters to primitive decorations. … Read More ...
One of the requests I had this summer was for little fish beads. I made a small fish cane quickly, turned it into beads and gave those to the customer. Then cursed myself for not photographing the silly thing. It … Read More ...
This scrap clay cane by the super talented Ronit Golan uses scrap bits like cane slices, blends, good mixes and the crumbs you get as you go along. Combined with a bit of background colour to tie it together, you … Read More ...
The tutorial appears in Russian but the pictures are pretty explanatory (English translation here anyways). You can chop and toss the scrap crumbs without a food processor or use a manual chopper. The tutorial adds glitter from a nail supply … Read More ...
This tutorial is great because it helps you use scrap clay attractively and is a great, simple instruction for a feather cane. Feather canes make great slicing canes for beads, detailed, built up work or as components in larger, more … Read More ...
In polymer clay clay, mixing colours can be a bit of an art. The manufacturers offer their picks which change on a fairly random basis. Artists get to mix and mix again to meet whatever needs they have. Need a … Read More ...
Ginger Allman, of the Blue Bottle Tree, has a great how-to about how to use silicone molds with your polymer clay. The process is a tutorial for new clayers and mold users and helpful tips for folks who’ve done … Read More ...
Sometimes out of all the fabulous art and huge shared tutorials out on the internet it’s the little hints and tips that have the biggest impact. The ah-has. Genevieve Williamson has a post about how to accurately size your rings… Read More ...
Here’s a whimsical tutorial from KalinkaPolinka for fish canes. The tutorial is written in Russian but an English translation is included which is great because the best part are the hints and tips. The pictures are great and self explanatory … Read More ...