Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of my favourite things to do with Silly Putty when I was lucky enough to get some as a kid was make transfers from comic book pages. I was thrilled when I realized you could do similar with polymer … Read More ...
If your miniatures collection needs their Thanksgiving turkey check out this tutorial from AkameruKawaii. My partner looked over my shoulder while I was watching and said, impressed, “That’s CLAY?”
If you cane in polymer clay
you may be trying to make fall and Halloween themed goodies. PolymerClayCentral has a good little pumpkin cane tutorial that makes something similar to Heather’s pieces above. The cane is pretty close to how … Read More ...
Unruly Housewife shares a tutorial for a combed pattern veneer in her video. Veneers are great for creating pendants, tiles, pens and anything you can cover with a flat sheet. Little magnets made with simple cutters, a veneer sheet and … Read More ...
I consider various blades to be part of my basic polymer clay set up. I have a flexible and a rigid “tissue blade”, an xacto knife and, usually, a ripple blade. I may not use it much but slicing into … Read More ...
Sometimes, some of the oldest tutorials are the best ones. Elizabeth Campbell (aka the Poly Parrot) made a mudpile mokume gane tutorial around when I started claying on the internet. It was good because it told me I could make … Read More ...
Another take on polymer clay cabinet knobs are these ones by Amy Crawley. You can cover all sorts of pre-made knobs to use in your own home decor projects. Use polymer clay to make them into focal points or help … Read More ...
Sometimes clayers are pretty clever with solutions to design issues. Domestic Diva – aka the very talented Gloria Guy – has one such idea. Adding little miniature hinges – for miniatures, mixed media work, scrapbooking – to your polymer … Read More ...