Here’s a cute project from KatersAcres – a cockatoo sculpt. Katie’s site has a stack of good stuff including many other free tutorals for cute creatures.
I found this particular tutorial when I went searching for polymer clay bird … Read More ...
DIY Jewellery Dish
This is one of the prettier jewellery dish tutorials. The artist use white Sculpey but you could use Premo in the base colour you want and save yourself the base layer of paint issue.
One of the issues with … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Leeks
My mini food fondness is probably a big part of why I like food canes and the teeny tiny beads that result from them (in my case). Shay Aron does fabulous food minis – here’s his flickr album for them … Read More ...
Clay Tutorial: Tomato Slice Cane
This little tomato slice cane is such a clever way to get realistic-looking tomato slices out of polymer clay. The method itself is simple and fun, and it instantly adds a playful foodie twist to your miniature work—perfect for dollhouse … Read More ...
DIY Apple Charms
This tutorial is translated from Russian(here’s the translation). The pictures are explanatory which is good because the translation has a few head scratching moments. What the translation records as toothpick, the tutorial means eyepins (the charm loops, trimmed to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Kiwi Cane
I made so many watermelon and other fruit beads this summer I was looking through my hoarded links for other Fimo fruit canes to play with. Here’s one from a French artist for a kiwi cane. The original is … Read More ...
DIY Terrariums with Clay Decorations
This is a sweet idea for a gift – a little terrarium with cute clay decorations. Add mushrooms and gnomes as Christina did or customize it for your gift recipient (or decor!) You could add little mini animals or a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mini Fairy Houses
I lucked into a couple books on fairy gardens to review. While I’m trying out some of the gardening projects in those, I’m going back through notes and links on fairy garden decorations and props like this adorable fairy house. … 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 ...
DIY: Moon Phase Wall Hanging
Continuing along with my space-y theme here’s a neat idea: a moon phase as a wall hanging. The marbled black and white clay is very effective visually and I like the idea of the moon phases being charted out. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Saturn Beads from Clay
Ever found Saturn beads? Nested beads where the outer rings rotate around an inner disk bead? This is a tutorial for a clay version. These are only very slightly related on the space theme but they’re neat visually – … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Globe Container
This would be super as any little planet, of course, but I admit I’m particularly attached to the Earth one. PieBieW has many other polymer clay videos on their channel so take a peek!
DIY Solar System Necklace
With the Pluto fly-by in the news the last few weeks and the space fans in this household I’ve been looking for space and science related claying projects. This great necklace project by Bethany of Whistle and Ivy has all … Read More ...
Tutorial: Planets from Polymer
As a cheerful polymer clay artist and enthusiastic science geek I often look for projects where the two intersect. Yes, I make art for work but I also enjoy using my clay for technical pursuits such as building models or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Clay Stamps
This tutorial from PolymerClayCentral.com works just fine without an extruder but with one it goes so much quicker. The various strands and shapes of strands you can extrude can be laid out to create words and images fairly quickly. This … Read More ...