As show season approaches I’m poking around for ideas on how to add fantasy and quirky themes to my line. This neat bottle is done in a bit of a Steampunk design but I find that’s often got a lot … Read More ...
Experimenting with Polymer Clay and Die Cutters
For a technical person I’m not much of a tool junkie. I try things out but usually end up with a couple tried and true tools. It took years and good friends before I got a motor for my pasta … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet
Sculpey has brought a bunch of new tools to market the last few years geared at helping clayers explore more complex clay techniques. There’s also a variety of interesting jewellery findings and tools to try out. This tutorial uses the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Extruder Cane
When I first began claying seriously and got an extruder… they were all these little metal ones with difficult to press plungers. Combine this with the fact that the only clay I could lay hands on was Fimo classic and … Read More ...
DIY Faceted Clay Pot
The tutorial calls for air dry clay but go ahead and substitute oven bake (and where they talk about drying, bake the pot). The facets can be cleaned up to be sharper / cleaner with a good sharp knife and … Read More ...
Make Tiny Clay Cats
On with the running miniatures theme… now for a little cat in your dollhouse or fairy garden. This tutorial or walkthrough makes a fairly realistic cat with an armature. If you made a cat that was sitting or laying and … Read More ...
Little Polymer Clay Cheesecakes
Now here’s a miniature cheesecake to put on yesterdays bistro table. You can find many other miniatures tutorials on Christel Jensen’s site including one on how to make the perfect doily for under that cheesecake.… Read More ...
DIY Miniature Table
If you like making dollhouse miniatures here’s a little bistro table. The original tutorial is in French but here’s a translated version.You can change up the faux marble top for the type of your choice, to better suit your … Read More ...
DIY Clay Veggies
I was planting my carrots and peas today – early for here! – and so I went looking for posts about clay veggies and stumbled across this one. Of course, this one isn’t clay, it’s marzipan but the process is … Read More ...
DIY Textured Clay Focal
The tutorial is for a Fimo bracelet – simple but striking – but I think the same techniques works equally well for a necklace. The focal would either be front and center, dangling or have a few friends with it. … Read More ...
DIY Penguin Cake Toppers
Cake decorating tutorials – in particular the fondant sculpting – seem to be perfect for polymer clay work. And, I have to say, of the very few cake toppers I’ve done I’ve done penguins TWICE. And they would have benefited … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Chevron / Staggered Blend Cane
The tutorial refers to this as a faux chevron cane but when I do a similar pattern I call it a staggered blend – and I stagger the blend so the end appearance is similar but the method quite different … Read More ...
Tutorial: Rose Champagne Flutes
Here’s a neat way to dress up the champagne flutes for your event (wedding season anyone?). White is a great colour but you could use your wedding colours. This same technique would also work to decorate little bits of glassware … Read More ...
DIY Clay Beads
I initially thought these were the German wood beads I used to buy sometimes for my jewelry making but nope, they’re clay. The tutorial isn’t actually aiming for a faux, it was just my first impression of the beads. The … Read More ...
Simple Polymer Clay Canes for Good Effect
Some of the easiest clay beads to make are single cane slice beads. You make a cane, reduce it to the diameter you want your disk bead to be and cut a slice a little under 1/4″ thick (I aim … Read More ...