Given that polymer clay mokume gane is, itself, a faux of a metal working technique I am always amused when I see tutorials for faux clay mg. It begins to get a little meta at this point.
Whimsical Trinket Dishes
Why make a plain round trinket dish? If you’re anything like this clayer you have a stash of cookie cutters. Do like Awww, Sam and make a fun and funky trinket dish.
I do recommend baking it quite a … Read More...
Faux Opal Mokume Gane
Meridian Handicraft has a pretty take on a faux opal like effect using mokume gane. The mix of colours and paints makes for a nice variety of effects and, as with all translucent clay, sanding and polishing really takes the … Read More...
Faux Glass Hearts
Kellie makes the fancy, faux glass hearts of this necklace with translucent Fimo clays, varnish and metal leaf. Her tutorial touches on all the steps including how to turn your pile of hearts into a fun, full layered necklace.
You … Read More...
Valentine Hair Clips
On top of being really CUTE Valentine’s hair clips these are even better: they’re clay and they’re owls. Katie Kinnear of JellyCakes offers a simple, straightforward tutorial for the hair clips.
The little owls would also make great earring charms … Read More...
Polymer Clay Shoe Clips
People get clever ideas about what to build with their clay. This tutorial, for shoe clips, just goes to show that you really can make all sorts of useful stuff with polymer clay. Make your clips to match specific … Read More...
Cell Phone Holders from Polymer Clay
This clever gadget holder is made from air dry clay. The textures and paints are infinitely variable so you can make these holders to suit whatever decor or recipient you’d like. You could do this with oven bake polymer clay … Read More...
Really Simple Canes with Simple Tools
If you have access to a pasta machine you can make a whole pile of pretty awesome simple canes. Bonus points if you have a clay extruder around.
If you want precise, nicely lined up canes use the square edged … Read More...
Really Simple Picture Canes
When I cane picture canes I tend to doodle them out first. The benefit is you see where all the lines go. If your doodles are similar in size to the face of the cane you’ll make, they’re even good … Read More...
Really Simple Polymer Clay Canes
In the last few months I have done an awful lot of polymer clay classes for the small folk and when I explain canes I make spiral or jellryoll canes. They’re normally delighted and I have a box full of … Read More...
Tiny Aloe Vera Plants
Susi Martinez has a great stack of miniatures on her blog including this tutorial to build a teeny tiny (dollhouse scale) aloe plant. The blog text is in Spanish but you can hit http://translate.google.com if you need. I found the … Read More...
Tiny Cups of Coffee
In my miniature world coffee is still necessary. Luckily, cihutka123 has the solution with this tutorial. Find more of their work on their deviantart page.
Valentine’s Day Frogs
Laura Kelly and Sculpey.com joined forces and made this cute tutorial. Little Valentine’s Day frogs became the perfect inspiration for my kids craft class this afternoon after we worked on our big project. We tweaked the frogs a little … Read More...
Tiny Toadstools for Fairy Gardens
I like making fun minis with my clay so the ongoing popularity of fairy gardens is great for me: I like plants, clay and minis. This tutorial is for super simple toadstools that you could do in coloured clays instead … Read More...
Doodle Heart Cane
If you’re looking for a fun heart cane to try for your Valentine’s Day projects here’s one from archidee on YouTube. She demonstrates the cane and then a simple project that uses it in the video. her channel has a … Read More...
Faux Rug Hooking
You can make an awful lot of “faux” with polymer clay and it turns out rug hooking is another one. Christi Friesen has a cute, miniature version of it in this hooked heart project pdf. Obviously you could make any … Read More...
Adorable Kids Clay Crafts
While I work almost exclusively with oven bake polymer clay the air dry stuff can be easier for the kiddos – and cheaper on the grownup wallet. Crayola Magic is a widely available children’s modeling material that is dead simple … Read More...
Magnetic Clay Bowls
Clayers are so clever! I’m always looking for ways to make cute but useful things out of clay and here’s a neat spin on the trinket bowl that would make it useful to catch your sewing pins in the sewing … Read More...
Cookie Charms for Your Valentine
Valentine’s Day is coming up. Maybe you’re thinking about making something sweet? Or something charming? This jam filled cookie charm fills the bill. Sort of. In a completely faux sort of way. It’s adorable and low cal. PuddingFishCakes – love … Read More...
Photo Holders for Special Occasions
This made me smile – a faceted, rock like photo holder to your sweetheart they’re a gem. The tutorial uses solid clay for the base which I’d swap for covering a rock or ball bearing with a good layer of … Read More...