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 ...
Tutorial: Making Your Own Clay Bezels
Amy Koranek wrote a great tutorial for using Polyform’s (the Sculpey people!) bezel molds. For her bezels, she’s using the metallic translucent liquid clays which strikes me as pretty clever. She also covers the steps for a fun mokume gane … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Hollow Beads… the Balloon Method
Clayers are pretty clever people who adapt all sorts of other techniques to their polymer clay work. Sona Grigoryan did just that by making “balloon beads” with polymer clay. She uses thin wire to make a skeleton or cage around … Read More ...
Tutorial: Miniature Donuts
Stéphanie Kilgast – aka Petit Plat – makes some of the prettiest food miniatures out there. She also shares videos, photos and tutorials all the time including this sweet miniature donut one to try. If you can’t find the right … Read More ...
Herb Markers from Clay
Here’s a tutorial for herb markers with stamped lettering. The author dry brushes her paint on her markers at the end. You could, of course, just use coloured clay and highlight the letters only.
If you make a set of … Read More ...
Mother Child Necklaces from Clay
This one from Mum In The Madhouse would be good for the young munchkins to make but also for the grownup kids. Marble Mom’s favourite colours for your project. Add a few embellishments or initials to personalize it.… Read More ...
Mother’s Day in Clay
Etsy clayers make some of the cutest Mother’s Days pieces:
 I Love You Pears by SkyeArt |
 Mug Necklace / Stitch Marker by URTnRacky |
 Tiny Flower Arrangement by ColdPorcelaine |
 Handmade Buttons by JustFingerPrint |
Tutorial: Bird Nest Hairpins
With all the Spring going on around me, I got asked to make someone a birds nest for their fairy garden. Which lead me to see how other clayers were doing their bird’s nest designs. Here’s a nice simple one… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Gears
This project is clever both for the box making and the fairly realistic clay gear making. You could use the same idea for any sort of box you’d like – not necessarily heart related – and your choice of ornamentation … Read More ...
Tutorial: Ceramic Clay Mobiles
I love mobiles and wind chimes and I’ve made a few in the past from hardware pieces and sticks but never, odddly, from any clay. This tutorial uses air dry clay and copper tubing. You could use polymer clays in … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpt a Clay Poppy
Here’s another good tutorial from KalinkaPolinka. It’s in Russian but you can see Google’s idea of a translation here. The pictures are so excellent you may not need the written directions anyways.
At the beginning the author mentions the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Dinosaur Sculpting
I’m pretty sure dinosaurs were a popular unit for a lot of us as elementary students. Here’s a polymer clay project from Sculpey that would be great for students doing their dinosaur unit. This project uses plain coloured original Sculpey … Read More ...
Making Simple Lizards with Clay
Meg shares with us a great lizard making project. Use your Fimo clay ends or bits – or a really great piece of mirror image scraps – to make the body of your lizard. Add coordinating details in the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpting Miniature Chameleons
PetitPlat, maker of spectacular miniature foods has a YouTube channel. Of course, what caught my eye today was the non food stuff: here’s a fabulous miniature chameleon to create. Anyone know how to get colour change paints for clay … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scrap Clay Kaleidoscopes
I cane a lot and I make a lot of beads. Apart from nifty beads and canes I make a lot of scrap. So does Ronit Golan, for the same reason. They’ve kindly shared a tutorial for making kaleidoscope canes … Read More ...