Here’s some bright and cheery beads to start your week off. These sweet top drilled beads are from Pennyslane on ArtFire and are some great examples of mokume gane.… Read More ...
Rounding Up Some Clay Activities
Out on the net there’s the regular good stuff going on:
- The PCAGOE has their monthly Challenge vote – you can win prizes simply by voting in their contest
- PCC’s October challenge is Skulls and Spooks and you should definitely
Another Idea for Clay Sorting
Leigh Ross shares her method for catching scraps and sorting them in her workspace. This is just one of the many tips you can find on the PCC forums.… Read More ...
Autumn Miniatures in Polymer Clay
Here’s a few minis to get our autumn rolling in the polymer clay world. Autumn may be my favourite colour palette (then again, I seem to remember feeling like this as every new season rolls in).
1. Autumn Harvest, … Read More ...
What Says Autumn in Clay to You?
Now that we’re officially here, in autumn, I’m searching all the goodies folks have posted with autumn themes, colours, motifs… you name it. Margrit Bohmer’s view of autumn is beautiful! What does your autumn-in-clay look like?… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Animal Totems
Clay artists are creative, creative folks. Leanimale’s store on Etsy is a trove of treasures including the one that caught my eye up here, her Le Kiwi Bird totem. The coatimundi is a close second though. Or maybe the Hamster.… Read More ...
Melody O: Wearable Art from Polymer Clay
I’ve had pretty good luck with the polymer clay community. As a rule, they are some of the nicest, most sharing people you will ever meet. Melody of Melody O Designs on ArtFire has been one of those. Add to … Read More ...
Halloween… in Miniature
1. Miniature Halloween 2010, 2. Miniature Halloween collection, 3. Halloween Bea’s Wees by humbleBea, 4. Miniature Halloween Boxes
Yeah, I’m hooked on minis. My kid would be so proud of me!… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Chit Chat
A quick peek around the polymer clay blogosphere tells me clayers are busily… well… claying. I suppose I’m not surprised! Clay on!
- Valerie is having a little mica shift madness
- The PAPCG is congratulating (and promoting) a member’s show
- Cassy
Pretty Polymer Clay Pumpkins
1. Pumpkins, 2. polymer clay stacked pumpkins, 3. Polymer Clay …Mr. Pumpkin Head, 4. Pumpkins 2
It’s beginning to be that time of year… when everyone gets the orange clay out and makes pumpkins, that is! There … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Robots (are awesome)
You should take a look at RobotsAreAwesome because, well, robots are awesome. And these ones are made from *polymer clay*. Which just makes them much more awesome. The shop owner, who says her name is HerArtSheLoves, also has a Flickr … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Studios
Part of the reason I’m always looking for clay organization and storage solutions is because I’m always looking for how to make my studio work better. This is a shot of the clay area in Mags Bonham’s studio. She’s posted … Read More ...
Getting Your Clay Organized
Like all crafts (I’ll even go so far as to say: all hobbies as I have wood working and fine art friends with identical issues) organization and storage are HUGE issues in my clay life. Since I’ve been doing this … Read More ...
August Round Up
There are a few of the great claying (or events you could use clay in) challenges going on. Have a peek, submit a piece! These all have prizes attached as well as some publicity.
… Read More ...Claying in the Philipines
A reader and clayer from the Philipines wrote to CraftGossip to tell us about her guild’s challenges. She writes about her contributions to the challenges on her blog and invites us to check out her guilds page on Facebook.
Have … Read More ...