I was explaining to an in-person customer today how you could use clay to do all sorts of home decor projects including covering switchplates and outlet covers. I couldn’t find any of the ones I’ve done over the years so … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Clock Idea
Continuing along with the idea of organizing your clay and using your clay to organize you is this tutorial for a desk clock from Teri of The Lovely Drawer. Teri uses two colours of air dry clay to create a … Read More ...
Storing Your Polymer Clay
Just like setting up your clay work space you’ll have some variables in how you store the actual clay. When I was new to clay, a few zipper plastic bags and plastic Tupperware type containers were plenty. Later, when I … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Mandalas
aleidoscopes and mandalas are some of the really neat pieces you can make from component canes – usually blend bullseyes or plugs or solid colour geometrics – and Yonat Dascalu is a fabulous caner. Her channel is full of other … Read More ...
Yule Log Ornaments
This little ornament tutorial from Sculpey has a bit of everything: sculpting, caning, texture, and assembly. You just need to finish it up with a jaunty hanging string or, if you make it as a photo or place card holder, … Read More ...
DIY Clay Leaf Dishes
If you’re looking for little clay projects to make as gifts these pretty leaf dishes from Garden Therapy are one to try. The tutorial uses air dry clay
– and mentions that they’re not the sturdiest things – but you … Read More ...
Faux Faceted Stone Earrings
Faceted everything has been trendy for a little while now. These cute earrings from Dom of the Crafted blog capture the trend perfectly. The tutorial is dead simple – a little clay, a sharp blade, glue and findings are all … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Basics: Roses
When I teach clay classes to teenagers on up, we usually warm up with roses. Why? Because it’s a fairly simple process that makes a pretty great little rose without any real skills. You can get better at it but … Read More ...
Snowflake Polymer Clay Cane
A good snowflake cane makes great wintry Fimo polymer clay designs. This tutorial (English translation) for one from Korean artist MilkyBlue is straightforward. If you want to use it layered on other designs, use a translucent background. If … Read More ...
Clay Polka Dots
Sculpey has a fun tutorial with polka dots. Side benefits include some creative uses for Soufflé clay and some of the Sculpey tools I like best (the Etch n’ Pearl). As syndee holt mentions, you could make a retro tree … Read More ...
Clay Unicorn Horn Charms
If you have a unicorn lover you clay for, here’s a cute horn charm you can incorporate into a piece – an ornament maybe? Or a unicorn pen? It’s a wonderfully sweet Skinner blend. You can find other creative work … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Marbled Christmas Tree Ornaments
Marbling clay is one of those little treats. You pick a couple of colours – or scraps – and twist and mix. Flatten it out and use cookie cutters. Sarah of Sisoo covers her whole process in the tutorial.… Read More ...
Coloured Circles and Clay
Sometimes the neatest clay projects come from using the basic tools – in this case, circle cutters – in interesting ways. This tutorial (English translation) explores how to use circle cutters and nested cut outs to make a … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Poinsettia Ornaments
Poinsettia ornaments made with little poinsettia leaf canes and a bit of sculpting. Simple but pretty elegant. Sandy has many other videos on her channel. If you want to do more traditionally red poinsettia bracts / leaves make the … Read More ...
Cute Clay Monkeys
Saru-Hime has a fun – and simple! – tutorial for making little monkey characters. Like many DeviantArt tutorials it’s one giant image… click to enlarge. Add your relevant monkey embellishments (my students did bananas and ice cream cones!) and voila, … Read More ...