Here’s a pretty project for back to school (and teacher gifts!) Make sure you read to the end because Mel has a giveaway as part of the post.… Read More ...
Using Clay to Organize
On the flip side of organizing your clay… have you ever thought about using your clay to organize? These nifty items on Etsy are all polymer being used to organize: thoughts, earrings, pencils and notes.
1. Red Notebook by DesignsbyFM… Read More ...
Basic Clay Storage
Somewhere along the line, you may begin to accumulate a lot of Fimo clay. Since I no longer live in the city I tend to stock up when I luck out and get to visit a Michaels. Or I order … 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 ...
Organizing Your Cutters
This is a great way to keep your Kemper Cutters (and really, any of the other small cutters) organized! You can see a little bit more detail in the other picture. Pam also does lovely work which deserves a … 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 ...
Cutting Clay with a Cricut
Jenny over at CraftTestDummies (love that name!) called my attention to what she was up to with clay and a Cricut ! Turns out she has a cute tutorial for using your die cut machine with baked clay sheets. You … Read More ...
A Clay Back-to-School Doll
Back to school is just around the corner here and there’s a certain young lady who’s less thrilled than this sweet doll about it all here. You should check out the rest of the expressive, whimsical dolls in Xpression Dolls… Read More ...
Celebrating the End in Beads
The end of summer that is. Here’s a few beauties people tagged as end of summer items on Flickr. What does your end of summer look like?
1. “Poppy Garden”, 2. Summer Polymer Clay Bracelet, 3. A Blast … Read More ...
Wedding Card Tutorial
Here’s a tutorial for a mixed media piece that uses Fimo clay to make the embellishment on this stylish wedding card. The link is directly to a PDF hosted on Fimo’s site. Have a peek!… Read More ...
Mosaic from Clay
This lovely wall piece was made to celebrate the start of summer but remains lovely as summer draws on. Turns out the talented artist is another clayer from the province I’m in!… Read More ...
For All Those Books
For the students and the book lovers, a selection of clay bookmarks and how to make them. This is thanks to the very awesome Angela Mabray (aka CraftyGoat) who provides lots of clay related content to the clay-world.… Read More ...
Take Me to the Beach
This pretty much says it all, as far as I’m concerned! Take me to the beach, please! You should check out Darl’s album – they have a whole stack of whimsical, fun sculpture.… Read More ...