Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
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 ...
Maive Ferrando builds lovely little fairy houses in this video. I was looking for some ideas for my own fair houses and stumbled across these. I could totally see a little cluster of these in the corner of my flower … Read More ...
TheLittleMew has a channel full of adorable miniatures including bunches of tutorials and useful tricks to watch. I was looking for a Miniature Clay Unicorn tutorial and found this super cute offering in there. If you’re in need of some … Read More ...
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 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 ...
I love a lot of whimsical clay work and this lovely sculpted pendant from Ksenia is no different. The original tutorial is in Russian – here’s an English translation The instructions have lots of valuable tips in them including using … Read More ...
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 ...
Cathy, of the UK site NurtureStore, has a two part fun craft – a homemade clay (seems like a version of cold porcelain) and a cute heart garland. I think the post was initially meant for Christmas but a little … Read More ...
Something I hadn’t considered before was making yourself a teeny replica of your wedding (or other special event) cake for a souvenir. Given how seriously impressive some wedding cakes can be I could totally see that as a neat wedding … Read More ...
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 ...
This tutorial(English translation), by Dorthe of Ars Textura, makes one of the better Fimo polymer clay succulents that I’ve seen. It’s not precisely miniature but it’s a decent looking “faux”. Mix a little translucent in with that … Read More ...
One thing I do not do enough with clay – air dry or oven bake polymer clay – is mixed media. I don’t combine things nearly enough. And it’s not because I don’t have cool things. I’m a good crafter … Read More ...
I make a lot of little clay things – mostly beads but honestly… lots of other things. Hearts are a good shape and I make a lot of hearts. There are bowls and jars of random things (I think the … Read More ...
Katie from KatersAcres has a pretty simple leaf cane tutorial available on her site. The most complicated part is probably getting a decent blend but once you’ve got that… this is just some slice and assembling.
Want to make it … Read More ...
These are some neat hearts – on this necklace or whatever you want to put them on! – due to the fun combo of metal leaf and gloss on translucent clay. This tutorial from Kellie of Make It With Me … Read More ...