Emistar – who’s got a YouTube Channel of fun clay stuff – has a tutorial for an adorable St. Paddy’s Day cupcake charm complete with a 4 leaf clover. A little charm for your necklace or sweater zip is probably … Read More ...
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Using Canes in Sculpting
This week I was showing my school age students how to use basic proportion rules in drawing and sculpting people figures. It was a quick and dirty version of how to sculpt a human and what you could do to … Read More ...
Making Goddess Beads
Karen Scofield generously shares a tutorial on how she builds her goddess beads, using templates or molds, good quality polymer clays, mica powders and a finish. You can use some of the tips and hints to make your own version.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Garden Art
As I’ve mentioned before I’m a big fan of clay. Mostly, that’s polymer clay but I’ve played with a lot of other varieties of clays – ceramics, air dry, model magic, paper clay… all sorts of good stuff. This tutorial… Read More ...
Tutorial: Marbled Cab Earrings
Amy decided her Premo and her cab molds would be the answer to a gift giving dilemma. She whipped up marbled dangles to use in earrings. The tutorial shows off Polyforms new cab mold which is pretty nifty. My only … Read More ...
Tutorial: Fimo Air Mobile
The Crafts Channel has a video tutorial on how to use Fimo Air to create a mobile. Fimo Air – and the similar Sculpey products – are great for this kind of work where you want to hang larger pieces … Read More ...
Tutorial: Inside Outside Pressed Flower Beads
Using molds creatively is a great addition for your polymer clay toolbox. Rebecca, who makes fabulous beads, shares how she uses a mold to make both the innie and the outie of a bead… and then combines them to form … Read More ...
Using Up Those Scraps
And to keep going with the theme… folks have some great paid tutorials for fabulousness to make with your polymer clay scraps:
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| Puffy Beads and Handmade Molds by irismishly | Leopard Skin Jasper by RMKDesign |
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| There Ain’t No Scrap by CorvusFlies |
Tutorial: Canes from Scraps
As a full time clayer I make a LOT of scrap. The muddiest of it, I use for bulk or give away to friends to use for bulk or filler or making molds. Before it gets to that point though, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Irish Resin Shamrock Pin
Jenny of Craft Test Dummies has another great tutorial to share with us, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day: a shamrock pin. This one uses metal leaf, alcohol inks and a little resin as well as clay.
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Sunday Roundup: Happy New Years!
Happy New Year folks! May your 2012 be filled with sweet polymer clay goodies and fabulous crafting times! It seems quite a lot of crafty bloggers are making clay related resolutions:
- Some took their first try at clay and resolve
Experiment with Base Colors
Color theory at work: when you place a color next to something, it will look different. Simple, but helpful to know! The next time you are creating beads or objects using molds and paint, try these nifty little tricks:
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Tool Heaven @ Whole Lotta Whimsy!
Wow, have you been to Whole Lotta Whimsy? What a tool section! Among other very cool offerings: a very artsy collection of stamps, molds, cutters and texturing tools. OH, I want to shop!!!
And while you are shopping … Read More ...
Studio by Sculpey Review
is the new formula of clay that has been on the market for a few months now.
It’s received some mixed reviews. Depending on what projects you are working on or what brand of clay you use, … Read More ...
Product Review from Stormy Designs
Today guest blogger Stormy Designs shares her review of Makin’s Clay Machine…
I used my Michaels 50% Off coupon the other day to buy a Makin’s Professional Ultimate Clay Machine which I’ve had my eye on for some time. I’ve … Read More ...