A big section of Fimo polymer items for sale on places like Etsy are the canes. You can buy canes raw or baked. Here’s a few:
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| Tiger Cane by Cattherien | Butterfly Canes by Claychicks |
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| Yin Yang Cane by Norrine | Sunshine |
Millefiori Madness Mosaic
I’m indulging myself this week – and maybe next! – and going to look at canes. Tutorials, galleries, tools… the whole bit.
1. Cara Jane peacock feather cane, 2. Polymer Clay Cane Collection – detail, 3. IMG_5012, … Read More ...
I Love Autumn
I can’t help it. I love autumn. I’m pretty sure it’s not the weather of it since here that can be anything from blazing hot to snowy in a day. Maybe it’s the colours. Even if it’s a little off, … Read More ...
Back to School with Clay
I can’t believe the summer has almost flown by but it has! School doesn’t start for a couple weeks here but we’ve started teasing our resident student…
1. Back to School Parker Polymer Clay StoryBook Scene, 2. Wee Gnome. … Read More ...
Out in Clay Land
Some of the regular events (and cool but less regular) out on the net for clayers:
- A post wrapping up this year’s Clay Connection from the SCPCG. I’m always a little envious of big events like this particularly after trying
Interesting and Unusual
A little of the different from the claying talent on Etsy:
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| Cosplay Cat’s Ears by GingerKittyCreations | Tiny Purses by MaryLovesFashion |
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| Rainbow Cat Face Cab by graphixoutpost | Elven Lady Sculpture by Angelsbynoemi |
Monday Mosaic: Sculpting Has Me
What can I say? I’m on an extended sculpture kick. These are fabulous – and yes, I did sneak in a mosaic, it showed up in my polymer clay search and it is very, very awesome – and as always … Read More ...
Fall into Polymer Clay
I know it’s a little early. Here’s a bit of what’s coming up for autumn in polymer clay:
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| Pear Dioarama by ADifferentPlace | Leaf Earrings by CurlyGirlDesigns |
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| Pumpkin Cane by ikandiclay | Acorn Necklace by MySelvagedLife |
Meet BloomyJewelry
BloomyJewelry is run by two sisters, Zane and Ieva, from Latvia. The shop specializes in bright fun polymer clay jewelry and definitely needs a peek!… Read More ...
Christi Friesen: The Books Edition
I forgot to get to blithering about this part of my CF class – she talked about her book projects. The awaited Dogs book (the next in her sculpting series) will be in 2013.
And there are children’s books ahead … Read More ...
Mosaic of Flickr Finds
Found some neat stuff scrolling through Flickr! Clayers do the neatest things! Flickr – and Pinterest – are fabulous places for a hit of polymer clay awesomeness.
1. OOAK Polymer Clay Baby Girl, 2. 202_2, 3. Dental Braces … Read More ...
Christi Friesen Style Out on the Net
I’m on a Christi Friesen run this week so for this weeks window shopping there’s pieces made a la CF style:
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| Lion Head Bead by BoodlersBeads | Dragon Necklace by TheScottishGirlShop |
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| Red Dragon Sculpture by playsculptive | Seahorse Necklace by polygolems |
The Class with Christi
I live in Canada and not on either coast. As far as real life polymer clay classes go, this area may as well not exist. So when I heard that Christi Friesen was teaching relatively nearby I jumped at the … Read More ...
A Sculpture Mosaic
Last week I spent five days doing an intensive class with Christi Friesen who’s known for her whimsical sculpture and sculpted art jewellery. I have some pictures and stories to share but we’re starting the week off with non-CF sculpture.… Read More ...
The Clay Blog World
A few of the clay related blog posts I found recently:
- On BoingBoing, there’s a post about how to make geeky-awesome medallions
- Cat of InTheLightoftheMoon has a giveaway post for some of her lovely mixed media (clay with resin