Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Jacquard, which makes all sorts of great crafty stuff including Pearl Ex mica powders, has a tutorial on how to make sparkly beads using polymer clay and mica powders. Written by Carolyn Hasenfratz, the tutorial covers some valuable techniques: how … Read More ...
Polymer clay is a fabulous way to add custom made, colour matched embellishments to your projects in the forms of buttons for fibre items or ephemera for scrapbooking. Gabriella of Such a Pretty Mess shares one project she did where … Read More ...
Mica powders are basically strongly pigmented, very fine, mineral powders. A little goes a very long way and if you use them more than very occasionally, do it somewhere with good ventilation (not a draft mind you) or with a … Read More ...
I’ve never had much in the way of makeup hanging around so it never occurred to me to use it on my clay until friends started discussing it in the polymer clay forums. Turns out cheap, sparkly eye makeup is … Read More ...
This pretty pendant tutorial from Jeanette Kandray and Sculpey.com is a good example of a well done crackle effect on polymer clay. Using acrylic paint and Kroma crackle for the medium, she layers attractive colours and creates a nicely done … Read More ...
Crackling paint or foils on polymer clay is a great surface technique. Depending on the method and substrates – paints, foils, inks, powders – you can get all sorts of effects to use. Once you have a great decorated sheet … Read More ...
I got asked to make little sushi beads so off I went to look for inspiration. These minis aren’t the canework version I’ll be experimenting with but they’re so freaking adorable, I had to share. Tiny sushi for your doll … Read More ...
A big chunk of the polymer clay community makes all sorts of fan art. And Pokemon is a perfect target, especially since the release of the immensely popular Pokemon Go game recently. There are all sorts of shared tutorials and … Read More ...
Violet Laporte has a good tip for how to get those perfect, thin slices you want from your mokume gane stacks. Instead of curving your blade (which I have done and broken, oops), trying curving your stack by placing it … Read More ...
Another simple tutorial, with a video by Sculpey, goes through how to make a simple mokume gane stack and use the results to make a great pair of earrings. Obviously, use the colours you like best. This flexible technique … Read More ...
Polymer clay is a great material for making imitative pieces – replica foods and faux stones some of my favourites. Mokume Gane, a flexible polymer clay technique, is great for making beautiful abstract designs. Turns out, with careful picking and … Read More ...
Stephanie or Petit Plat is a talented miniature maker, working primarily with polymer clay. On top of having lovely work for sale on Etsy she has a busy YouTube channel with all sorts of great videos including this fun one … Read More ...
Want to see what fabulous work polymer clayers doing for the 4th of July? Have a peek at Flickr and check it out. Adorable food minis, beads, canes, jewellery and way more.
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these … Read More ...
In my high school and early college years, I worked with printing companies as a part time job. Most of the imprints we did used screens in some forms and it was always neat to see the process of getting … Read More ...
It’s Canada Day here – great summer weather, the local county fair and rodeo and a small fireworks show later – and I’ve got a Canada Day craft that uses jewelry clay, an air drying resin based clay from the … Read More ...