Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Irina Ivanitskaya makes adorable bunny earrings in her tutorial. (translated to English version here). The bunny charm is kept simple but has all the cute requirements.
You could absolutely use the charm on something like a bracelet or … Read More ...
A clay that I’ve had very little chance to try is resin clay
. There’s a few brands out there and they mostly seem to work like air drying clay, curing at room temperature over a period of time.
Given that polymer clay mokume gane is, itself, a faux of a metal working technique I am always amused when I see tutorials for faux clay mg. It begins to get a little meta at this point.
Why make a plain round trinket dish? If you’re anything like this clayer you have a stash of cookie cutters. Do like Awww, Sam and make a fun and funky trinket dish.
I do recommend baking it quite a … Read More ...
Meridian Handicraft has a pretty take on a faux opal like effect using mokume gane. The mix of colours and paints makes for a nice variety of effects and, as with all translucent clay, sanding and polishing really takes the … Read More ...
Kellie makes the fancy, faux glass hearts of this necklace with translucent Fimo clays, varnish and metal leaf. Her tutorial touches on all the steps including how to turn your pile of hearts into a fun, full layered necklace.
You … Read More ...
On top of being really CUTE Valentine’s hair clips these are even better: they’re clay and they’re owls. Katie Kinnear of JellyCakes offers a simple, straightforward tutorial for the hair clips.
The little owls would also make great earring charms … Read More ...
People get clever ideas about what to build with their clay. This tutorial, for shoe clips, just goes to show that you really can make all sorts of useful stuff with polymer clay. Make your clips to match specific … Read More ...
This clever gadget holder is made from air dry clay. The textures and paints are infinitely variable so you can make these holders to suit whatever decor or recipient you’d like. You could do this with oven bake polymer clay … Read More ...
If you have access to a pasta machine you can make a whole pile of pretty awesome simple canes. Bonus points if you have a clay extruder around.
If you want precise, nicely lined up canes use the square edged … Read More ...
When I cane picture canes I tend to doodle them out first. The benefit is you see where all the lines go. If your doodles are similar in size to the face of the cane you’ll make, they’re even good … Read More ...
In the last few months I have done an awful lot of polymer clay classes for the small folk and when I explain canes I make spiral or jellryoll canes. They’re normally delighted and I have a box full of … Read More ...
Susi Martinez has a great stack of miniatures on her blog including this tutorial to build a teeny tiny (dollhouse scale) aloe plant. The blog text is in Spanish but you can hit http://translate.google.com if you need. I found the … Read More ...
In my miniature world coffee is still necessary. Luckily, cihutka123 has the solution with this tutorial. Find more of their work on their deviantart page.… Read More ...
Laura Kelly and Sculpey.com joined forces and made this cute tutorial. Little Valentine’s Day frogs became the perfect inspiration for my kids craft class this afternoon after we worked on our big project. We tweaked the frogs a little … Read More ...