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DIY Tutorial For Making Your Own Cold Porcelain Clay

November 25, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

I mostly work with oven-bake polymer clays but I do play with them all, on occasion. Of the air drying clay ones I like the effect of cold porcelains best. They have a nice delicate translucence when they’re left white.… Read More ...

Sculpt Mushroom Houses from Clay

November 20, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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These fabulous houses are done with air dry clay – the regular kids kind you can find fairly easily. The technique would work with polymer clay with a few modifications. There’s detail on how to properly paint at the end … Read More ...

Polymer Clay for Diwali

October 30, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Today is Diwali, the festival of lights, and my small town has a community event for it at the multicultural centre. There will be lots of diyas or lights / lamps there. Making tiny votive holders is one of … Read More ...

Make a Clay Pendant Lamp

September 16, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Here’s a clever idea – use your clay to make a pendant lamp. Take a standard lamp bulb set up and create the “shade” for it. This tutorial uses air dry clay super effectively – the white minimalist and simple … Read More ...

Clay Thumb Tacks

August 30, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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The tutorial for this clever (and punny) take on thumbtacks uses a molding agent and plaster of paris but it occurs to me this would work just fine with a molding agent like Amazing Mold Putty and some form of … Read More ...

Beehive Pendant with Clay

August 19, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Most of the time I work with traditional, oven bake, polymer clay but there’s so many other types of cool clay products out there. One of those is crytal clay which is an epoxy clay used, primarily, in jewellery making. … Read More ...

Graduation Caps Toppers and Clay

June 29, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Today my daughter graduated high school so of course I had a grad related polymer clay tutorial picked for the event.

Well, sort of clay. Like a lot of clever ideas for clay, this one uses fondant but would work … Read More ...

Business Card Holder from Clay

June 13, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Here’s a useful clay craft – make a business card holder to suit your own decor. This project uses white, oven bake clay that is painted with acrylics after but you could use any variety of coloured oven bake clays … Read More ...

Tutorial: Earphone Caddy from Clay

May 16, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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I may spend most of my days making polymer clay beads and canes but one of the things I try to push to people is how useful it is for other, day to day, uses. Make little dishes, holders, grips, … Read More ...

Tutorial: Ceramic Clay Mobiles

April 26, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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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 ...

Polymer Clay Tutorial: Tiny Terracotta Pots

April 11, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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Just in time for your spring planting – tiny clay pots. The tutorial uses an air drying terracotta clay but would be perfect with polymer clay… and be less likely to get soggy if you use it for … Read More ...

Tutorial: Bunny Bowls from Clay

March 10, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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The tutorial, from AliceandLoisDIY, uses air dry clay but totally works with oven bake polymer clay as well. This would be adorable for your Easter decor, to hold a few handfuls of candies. If you do them out of … Read More ...

Tutorial: More Polymer Clay Buttons

February 3, 2016 by Elaine Robitaille

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These pretty buttons are done simply (translation here) – rolled out air dry cay, acrylic paints, wooden skewers and a couple coats of waterproof varnish. In the comments the author remarks not to make them not too thin … Read More ...

Little Clay Jewels

December 22, 2015 by Elaine Robitaille

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These are simple twist and fold beads in good colours, strung up for a cute gift idea. Maya of Little Treasures uses Fimo or air drying clays, a little paint and a clear nail polish (I’d use a clay compatible … Read More ...

Personalized Clay Ornaments

December 17, 2015 by Elaine Robitaille

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Amy of Then She Made shares a simple ornament project using stamps and clay. With a little care the ornament can be personalized and turned into a great keepsake for future years. My box of ornaments has lots of variations … Read More ...

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