I know it’s a little early to be thinking back to school but maybe not. Then again, you don’t really need an excuse to make a stack of polymer clay pens. This post, a guest post by Suzy of … Read More ...
Make Polymer Clay Beads
Long ago – about 20 years – I made one of my first batch of Fimo polymer clay beads. They were lovely marbled beads with white, silver and a pretty teal Fimo colour. The necklace I made with those beads … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Like New
If you do any amount of polymer clay… you end up with oodles of scrap clay. And scrap clay is useful for a ton of projects. Sometimes, though, you just want more clay to use and that’s what spurred my … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Succulent Necklace
Janet, of Crystals and Clay, has a lovely tutorial for a necklace that incorporates pretty crystals in a fringe and a delicate little polymer clay succulent. The overall piece is great with gentle colours and movement. Her site is full … Read More ...
Easy DIY Clay Incense Burner
This DIY ‘brass’ air dry clay incense burner with ‘semi-precious’ polymer clay disc is a great take on a much pricier commercial version and easy peasy to make. The perfect, low-key gift for design-savvy fragrance lovers!
This project uses both … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Kaleidoscope Canes
Samantha, of Jessama Tutorials, has a ton of good tutorial videos on her site but today’s fun is a good basic kaleidoscope tutorial to get you started with this fun type of cane. Kaleidoscopes let you use all sorts of … Read More ...
Learn How to Create Clay Wedding Ring Bowls
Iris Rodriguez walks us through how to use Activa (an air dry clay with a smooth texture and white finish) and inks to create lovely ring bowls that would be perfect for DIY wedding favours or the main event’s ring … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Sea Turtles
I was looking at other work by Meg Newberg – everyone should look at Meg’s great tutorial shop – and stumbled across an oldie but goodie sea turtle project in her generous free projects. The directions to make the simple … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Air Plant Holder
Kara, from AKailoChicLife, has a good tutorial for a faux malachite air plant holder. It’s one of the better simple faux malachite tutorials I’ve seen and it’s always good to have some good faux recipes. And the little air plant … Read More ...
Maple Syrup for Your Miniature Foods
If you make mini foods – and all clayers should give it a try – you may need some syrup for those tiny waffles and pancakes at some point. This same technique makes great sauces and soups as well. Andisa … Read More ...
Making Molds for your Polymer Clay
Barb, of MadeByBarb, cleverly titled her post Multiply Your Own Bunnies which is perfect for how to sculpt and mold rabbits. She makes a basic bunny sculpt over foil, adds facets, and then, using homemade molding compound, creates a mold. … Read More ...
Marbled Clay Pendants
Where I am, on the Canadian Prairies, it has been awfully darned cold for ages. These bright, fun pendant projects from Leslie of Peace Love Polymer Clay make me think of when it’ll be warmer. Of course, part of the … Read More ...
Making a Better Polymer Clay Rose
Making polymer clay roses
is one of those fast, fun, sort of instant gratification projects. I do them as warm ups at classes. Making GOOD polymer clay roses is a whole other deal. And here is a whole lesson, … Read More ...
A Tiny Traveling Mouse Sculpture
I’m always interested in how people turn kind of small inconspicuous bits of clay into characters with tons of personality and such tiny details. Diav Draconia, the maker of this traveling mouse, has a channel full of charming, interesting and … Read More ...
Clay Mokume Gane and Pillow Beads
Here’s a couple of great techniques – a good, basic polymer clay mokume gane and pillow beads – in a tutorial by Kathy Weaver for Fire Mountain Gems. This is the sort of stuff that got me into polymer clay … Read More ...