If you love intricate patterns but don’t have the patience (or time) to carve every petal by hand, these Mandala Texture Mini Rollers are about to become your new best friend. With one smooth roll, you can create highly detailed … Read More ...
DIY Metal Clay: How to Make Your Own Silver and Copper Clay at Home
If you’ve ever dreamed of turning powder into precious jewelry with your own two hands, metal clay is pure magic. Imagine taking fine silver or copper powder, mixing it with a binder, shaping it like clay, and then—poof!—after firing, you’re … Read More ...
Book Review – Clay Lab for Kids
Clay Lab for Kids: 52 Projects to Make
, Model, and Mold with Air-Dry, Polymer, and Homemade Clay.
Art teacher and winner of the Netflix bake-off show Nailed It! presents Clay Lab for Kids. Cassie Stephens introduces 52 hands-on crafts … Read More ...
Which Sealer Is The Best – Testing Polymer Clay Sealers
This article by the Bluebottletree is a comprehensive guide to the best sealers for your clay projects. A detailed test of brush on sealers and spray on sealers were used with a controlled master cane as shown above. Do you … Read More ...
DIY Hollow Bead Tutorial
This polymer clay tutorial uses an extruder to create thin noodles that are plaited together for the knit style beads and layered for the other styles. I love the Knitted style bead, a great bead for anyone who loves Knitting. … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Faux Broken China With Napkins
I came across this tutorial by LearnPolymerClay and knew that I had to share it with you. It is fake china that is then turned into a necklace or other trinket of your choosing. I have been wanting to try … Read More ...
Easy Napkin Transfers for Polymer Clay
This video tutorial shows you how to make bookmarks with printed napkins, Obviously, you do not need to create bookmarks but use the same clay techniques shown in the video to add napkin decoupage to your other clay pieces.… Read More ...
Scribbles 3D Fabric Paints on Polymer Clay Does It Work?
I don’t even know how I stumbled across this article / video on whether you could paint Polymer clay with scribbles paint, but there I was sitting and watching the video. So if you have ever wondered too, you can … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tips for Beginners
I’m at the incremental improvement stage of clay – I’m learning little things, in small increments – and that’s great. I remember when each month or week or day’s projects brought huge changes to my work and each new trick … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tips and Hints
JSThreads has a useful little post of tips and hints she accumulated while claying. I realize most of us have our own little polymer clay rules and guidelines. I agree with most of the tips and here’s a few of … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Hacks
Some of my favourite polymer clay “hacks” from over the years:
- If your blade is becoming dull, really fine sandpaper (like the 2000 grit) will sharpen the edge
- Rubbing alcohol will soften your clay surface briefly and evaporate. Mineral oil
Storing Your Polymer Clay
Just like setting up your clay work space you’ll have some variables in how you store the actual clay. When I was new to clay, a few zipper plastic bags and plastic Tupperware type containers were plenty. Later, when I … Read More ...
Make Your Stones Pop in Clay
I don’t mean literally pop. That would be messy. I mean visually show up more. Adding marbles, rocks and crystals to clay can make for a really interesting piece. The more translucent the addition, though, the less it’ll show up … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Organization
Just like I have piles of clay and clay pieces, I have a good stash of tools of all shapes and sizes. Not the least of those are my cutters. Some of them – a couple plastic shoeboxes worth – … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Storage Strategies
After those first few blocks of Fimo clay, about when you realize you’ll need a few of every colour and one of each tool you find, you start to think about storage. Since polymer clay stays usable for a long, … Read More ...