Penni Jo, of Best Flexible Molds, has a cute bowl project.
Creating a coil bowl using scrap fabric is a great way to upcycle old materials and give them new life. In this project, we take it a step … Read More ...
Making Hollow Beads by Using a Core
One way of making hollow objects is to use a core for the first stage. Pinatas, for example, can be built with a balloon core. The core is taken out later, leaving you with a hollow form.
There area huge … Read More ...
Making Ring Holders
This is a good example of a small, useful thing you can make with polymer clay: ring holders or ring cones. Organize your collection with DIY storage that you can match to your decor. Molly of Almost Makes Perfect … Read More ...
Make Macaron Photo Holders
Kara of Kailo Chic has a great way of showing off her snapshots: these macaron photo holders. The holders are simple to build but definitely have the macaron charm. If you find your wires move around in the baked … Read More ...
A Clay Dish for Dad
I make dainty little ring bowls, adorned with flower canes, for my shows. In fact, they’re easily one of my most popular items. Here’s a dad catch all dish from Jenny of Habitat at Home. She uses an existing bowl … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a Tie Dye Clay Pot
Here’s a jump right in and make a substantial piece sort of tutorial. The author, Brittany, marbles 4 blocks of brightly coloured Sculpey 3 to get a tie dye effect and then molds it around an existing ceramic pot. … Read More ...
Make a Pencil Holder with Air Dry Clay
Rachel from Lines Across has lots of good ideas on her blog. This simple but why-didn’t-I-think-of-that project would be great for whatever decor you have going on. White is useful but why not make a pencil or pen holder perfect … Read More ...
Covering USB Flash Drives with Clay
From experience, I know that you can actually cover USB drive
s themselves just fine and bake the whole works. The trick is to take the plastic cover off so it doesn’t melt. The internal electronics are just fine at … Read More ...
Tutorial: Father’s Day Rocks
How to tell your dad he rocks? Make daddy rocks. This tutorial is pretty straight forward: take a good sized rock, cover with clay, stamp letters, cure your piece (or, if using air dry clay, let dry), and highlight the … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tiles to Cover Objects
Maria Greene, of Greene Earth Originals, does all sorts of great art including some polymer clay mosaic pieces in a sort of Laurie Mika style. In this quick walk through, Maria explains a little bit about how she makes … Read More ...
Tutorial: Foiled Clay Mosaic Beads
This is a tutorial, from Katie of KatersAcres, for mosaic beads using foils. The effect is a faux dichroic glass one which is fun. A couple of notes: As Katie mentions at the start of the tutorial, it is … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Mosaics
A customer in my shop asked my opinion on how she could tweak her garden mosaic with polymer clay pieces for interest. I haven’t made many mosaic type pieces so off I went researching. As it often happens, Sculpey.com had … Read More ...
Make Miniature Bread from Clay
Great doll house miniatures are one of those fun polymer clay things to make. I’m particularly fond of miniature food because it makes adorable beads and jewellery. This tutorial is for fairly simple baguettes – though getting the right touch … Read More ...
Tutorial: Earphone Caddy from Clay
I may spend most of my days making polymer clay
beads and canes but one of the things I try to push to people is how useful it is for other, day to day, uses. Make little dishes, holders, grips, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Tiny Clay Succulent Plants
As I’m finishing the window in my physical shop with little succulents – many in clay pots – I’m looking at a few spots in the shop which would benefit from cute succulents but are a pain to reach or … Read More ...