BloomyJewelry is run by two sisters, Zane and Ieva, from Latvia. The shop specializes in bright fun polymer clay jewelry and definitely needs a peek!… Read More ...
Christi Friesen: The Books Edition
I forgot to get to blithering about this part of my CF class – she talked about her book projects. The awaited Dogs book (the next in her sculpting series) will be in 2013.
And there are children’s books ahead … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pixelated Retro Cane
Bettina Welker of beadworx , a super talented artist in Germany, released a tutorial for her clever cane earlier this month. She calls it the pixelated retro cane. I’m picking out colours for my own version!
I scoped out what … Read More ...
Mosaic of Flickr Finds
Found some neat stuff scrolling through Flickr! Clayers do the neatest things! Flickr – and Pinterest – are fabulous places for a hit of polymer clay awesomeness.
1. OOAK Polymer Clay Baby Girl, 2. 202_2, 3. Dental Braces … Read More ...
Christi Friesen Style Out on the Net
I’m on a Christi Friesen run this week so for this weeks window shopping there’s pieces made a la CF style:
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| Lion Head Bead by BoodlersBeads | Dragon Necklace by TheScottishGirlShop |
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| Red Dragon Sculpture by playsculptive | Seahorse Necklace by polygolems |
Swellegant
Part of my Christi class last week was learning a little about her new line of metal coatings, patinas and dyes. They’re not actual paints though they go on like it. They are metal in paint form and the surface … Read More ...
The Class with Christi
I live in Canada and not on either coast. As far as real life polymer clay classes go, this area may as well not exist. So when I heard that Christi Friesen was teaching relatively nearby I jumped at the … Read More ...
A Sculpture Mosaic
Last week I spent five days doing an intensive class with Christi Friesen who’s known for her whimsical sculpture and sculpted art jewellery. I have some pictures and stories to share but we’re starting the week off with non-CF sculpture.… Read More ...
The Clay Blog World
A few of the clay related blog posts I found recently:
- On BoingBoing, there’s a post about how to make geeky-awesome medallions
- Cat of InTheLightoftheMoon has a giveaway post for some of her lovely mixed media (clay with resin
Finding Clay Animals
It’s a little specific but I went hunting sculpted animals that were not too cartoony. I have nothing against cartoon and cute figures but was looking for the more realistic:
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| Kudu Antelope by cyanowl | Chipmunk by trolltracks |
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| Palomino Filly by |
Make a Hand
In this tutorial Dawn Schiller – fabulous sculptor of Oddfae and Autumn Things – lends a hand on how to sculpt a hand.… Read More ...
Sculpting a Simple Face
The link includes a video about how to sculpt a face from air dry clay – the same technique works great for regular oven bake polymer clay. In this video, Christina Albuquerque of Brazil shows us how to model a … Read More ...
Mosaic: Clay with Faces
One of my favourite clay things is a face – face canes, sculpted faces, molded art doll faces… you name it.
1. Congo Dancer, 2. La Vida Loca Statement Necklace, 3. Sneak Peeks – Coming Soon * Xtra-Large … Read More ...
Out in Clay Land
Even if we’re all cooking in the summer heat people are still doing their clay thing:
- The Art Bead Scene’s monthly challenge and blog hop thing is always a good way to challenge yourself and get a ton of traffic
Polymer Clay Extras
My eye candy finds this week are all about extras to go with your clay:
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| Ultrafine Glitter Kit by ejrbeads | Clay Starter Kit by TheClayShoppe |
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| Celtic Caning Extruder Disk Kit by Anandauk | Cookie Cutter Kit by KitchenCrafts |