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 ...
Fall Polymer Clay Beads and Jewelry Ideas
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 ...
Tweaking your Polymer Clay Buttons
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 ...
Tutorial: A Miniature Autumn
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 ...
Making Polymer Clay Fish… Canes
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 ...
Tutorial – Making Scrap Clay Canes
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 ...
Beads from Clay Scrap
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 ...
Using Scrap Clay: Scrap Feather Cane
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 ...
DIY: Sunset Blends in Clay
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 ...
How-to: Using a Mold and Making a Cameo from Clay
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 ...
Tip: Polymer Clay Ring Sizing
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 ...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Fish Canes
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 ...
DIY How To Make Your Own Silicone Molds
In polymer clay, molds and textures are fabulous tools to have. Some of us (ahem, me) spend a lot of time and money collecting different clay molds to use on our work.
Barbara, from Buntwerkstatt, shares a tutorial for … Read More ...
DIY Extruder Slice Beads
Extruders are fun tools for polymer clayers. You can use any of the better ones to crank out tons of little strings of shaped clay, cane components and whatever else with relative ease. Georgia P uses a stack of complimentary … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Beads
Margaret Schindel put together an absolutely fabulous primer on mokume gane, in terms of historical and traditional techniques as well as how it relates to polymer clay. She finishes the article with a really great step by step polymer … Read More ...