And really, this only a few of the tons of hints and goodies on texture and texturing out there. It seems this is a biggie for clayers! My adventures in this continue on for another week. Here’s a few quickies … Read More ...
Simply Textured Beads
JibbyandJuna shares her method for making her simple but striking textured beads. Along the same lines you can use regular table salt (rinse out after baking), the edge from your bone folder, an old comb and so on to make … Read More ...
Carving Your Polymer Clay
In my search for textures and stamps to help with giving my clay a little oomph I’m faced with the realization that I will probably end up having to make my own. I’ve participated in a texture swap and made … Read More ...
Tiny Dishes
Here’s a simple tutorial that makes little trinket bowls – you could make quite a subtle, stylish little dish with this set up.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make it Snow!
At least, you can make it snow in your little polymer clay world. The tutorial is in Russian but the necessary bit – the mixture for the snowglobe liquid – is down at the bottom in English so don’t miss … Read More ...
Making Your Clay Browned… On Purpose
Most of us have browned our clay by accident. Here’s a tutorial for a sweet, realistic looking cookie complete with yummy looking baked edges. Do check out Tangerine Taiyaki’s album for other yummy looking kawaii goodies!
A Simple Clay Nativity
As the artist says, any student could make this simple nativity scene from Fimo clay. For me, the simplicity is part of the appeal. If your holiday decorating includes a nativity, consider creating one!… Read More ...
Sculpey and Syndee
Years ago, on PolymerClayCentral’s forum, Syndee Holt used to run a semi-regular chat. She was always a lot of fun as well as super talented. I was delighted to see she has a new blog right on Sculpey’s site at: … Read More ...
Technique: Stroppel Cane
Everyone needs a variety of techniques to use up the clay scraps you create as you go. Some of those scraps are as lovely as the projects that created them… they’re just looking for a way to put them together.… Read More ...
Technique: Sutton Slice
If you clay, you may have heard of the Sutton slice technique. I’m not that familiar with it so went looking for a quick run down and lucked out! Larissa Joonas has a photo tutorial of a basic go at … Read More ...
Clay Mokume Gane Beads
Since I’m currently cranking out mokume gane beads I thought I’d browse Flickr and see what others had done with the technique. All I have to say is WOW!
1. Handmade Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Round Bead Set of 15 … Read More ...
Tutorial for the Red Lilyish Flower Cane
Here’s a lovely flower cane tutorial from Kael Mijoy. Her pictures are great and she goes into some details on how to put the background in so that you have less distortion in reducing the cane.
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Organizing Your Cutters
This is a great way to keep your Kemper Cutters (and really, any of the other small cutters) organized! You can see a little bit more detail in the other picture. Pam also does lovely work which deserves a … Read More ...
Getting Your Clay Organized
Like all crafts (I’ll even go so far as to say: all hobbies as I have wood working and fine art friends with identical issues) organization and storage are HUGE issues in my clay life. Since I’ve been doing this … Read More ...
Making Clay Food
One of the best resources on the web for polymer clay miniatures is the incredible resource that Nora Jean provides with her sites. I’m linking to the guava tute but she has literally dozens (probably hundreds) of tutorials scattered throughout … Read More ...