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 |
Meet the Happy Acorn – Wedding Cake Toppers
The Happy Acorn is actually husband and wife couple Lisa and Steve Nowakowski. They make cute or kawaii style figures and cake toppers from polymer clay and ship from their South Carolina studio.
Photo from The Happy Acorn on Etsy.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Orchids
This tutorial hits two spots – I was looking around Christi Friesen’s site in advance of my class with her next week and surfing for tutorials that would work for wedding related items – and you could easily make this … Read More ...
A Polymer Clay Wedding… in Miniature
An adorable teapot of mice for a decoration and some of the prettiest wedding cakes out there… at 1/12th scale. The starts of a perfect miniature polymer clay wedding scene.
1. Teapot Mice, 2. Miniature Wedding Replica, 3. … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Wedding Finds
This week, as I window-shopped, I looked at wedding related goodies made with clay. Cake toppers, of course but other awesomeness:
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| Wedding Rabbits by MadreOlly | Boy Girl Brooch by madameRobe |
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| White Rose Earrings by Rozibuz | Little Ring Dish by ThePrettyPear |
Clay Cake Toppers
Here’s a cheeky and cute take on wedding cake topper by Karly West of Bitter Sweetz… Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Pendants or Tags from Clay
A photo tute for what could be a perfect pendant, tag, magnet and so on. Check out the larger format on Galka_Vasina’s page for it. Her whole photostream has adorable pieces, lots of clay and certainly deserves a boo or … Read More ...