Mokume Gane is a great technique for using layers of colours and embellishments like metal leaf, fancy powders or scraps of cane. This mg stack, by Iris Weiss of Polyform, is straightforward and elegant. She covers how to make … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stripey Clay Bead Methods
Getting even striping on your clay beads is a pain. Here’s one clayers playing with stripes method. She doesn’t mention how she made her segments but I’d probably use a combination of my pasta machine and my extruder to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Canes from Scraps
As a full time clayer I make a LOT of scrap. The muddiest of it, I use for bulk or give away to friends to use for bulk or filler or making molds. Before it gets to that point though, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Potluck Food Tags
Polymer clay is infinitely useful in making tags and labels – simply cut out your clay and stamp or write what you need to for great charms, labels, decorations, place cards… you name it. This tutorial from Emily of Tar-Trying … Read More ...
Tutorial: Little Beehives
Lindsay decided to share how she makes the beehives in her cute little beehive and bee earings – the end result is a sweet, stylized beehive to use as a dangle on your own piece.
She’s got a shop full … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Snail
DeviantArt often has really great quickie polymer clay tutorials. This one, by Jane RT, is for a cute little snail figure. The idea would work on a larger scale and using all sorts of powders or adding tiny beads … Read More ...
Tutorial: Octopus Ring Holder
Georgia of Craft Sew Love Grow sent me a link to her polymer clay octopus ring holder. She’s experimenting with jewellery display ideas and tried a creature. In her post she mentioned she had some slumping and cracking issues … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sparkly Hair Pins
Sometimes you need a little glittery extra. Check out this glittery hair pin tutorial on Creme de la Gems for a little sparkly accessory making. After the great glittery accident during my last house move I don’t think I’ve even … Read More ...
Tutorial: Matryoshka Buttons
Fatima has a photo tutorial for the cutest little matryoshka buttons. It continues on for several pages, just click the right navigation arrow on the photo page. Knowing me, I’d probably make these into beads or add caned flower elements. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flower Ball Beads
These Fimo nifty beads seem to be a matter of patience but the results are certainly cool! You could do a variety of flower beads like this – I remember seeing rose ball beads – for people according to their … Read More ...
Tutorial: Basketball and Soccer Ball Canes
I’m so used to flower canes it’s kind of fun to see some of the other canework people do! Yonat has tutorials for the basketball and soccer ball canes used on two of the pens above here and here. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Round Pendants
Shannon shares a quick and easy tutorial on her blog – how to make a round pendant with simple but effective techniques.
As with all deceptively simple projects the appeal springs from using a good colour and design balance.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Canada Day Flag
These are the crooked little flags I made one of the first times I made little Canada flag beads for Canada Day (July 1st! Happy Canada Day fellow Canadians!). This year I wrote up the instructions so you can give … Read More ...
Tutorial: 4th of July Jewellery
Here’s a fun polymer clay jewellery tutorial, by Kimberly Idalsky for Sculpey.com, for the 4th of July celebrators – though you could mix the colours up and do something similar where you are. Also, these exact colours are … Read More ...
Tutorial: Exotic Bloom Vase
I’m not sure how I missed this one but I was reading through Rebekah’s site and found it. The vase is shabby-awesome and all the little tiles are the perfect touch. The fancy canework of the tiles appeals to me … Read More ...