Like most parents I’m behind the times. I got onto Instagram a while ago but it was still ages after my teenager. Of course, one of the first things I did on there was go looking for other polymer clayers. … Read More...
Hollow Polymer Clay Shells
Primatoide, a French polymer clayer, makes clever nautilus style shells – hollow ones at that – with a combination of wash away play-doh clay and polymer clays. She uses a log of Play-Doh wrapped in a thin layer of clay … Read More...
Glow in the Dark Flowers with Polymer Clay
Still playing around with glow in the dark polymer clay at my place! I’ve been mixing it with colours to make some little creatures (a la Christi Friesen ghoulies). Polymer Clay Artist, who’s video this is, has a channel with … Read More...
Alcohol Inks and Foil Crackle on Clay
A nicely crackled decoration is one of the prettiest ways to make an interesting surface on your clay pieces. Ludmilla shares a video on the process, using a combination of alcohol inks and metallic foils. Her channel has a sweet … Read More...
Glow In The Dark Polymer Clay
I got myself… er, the kids!… a bunch of glow in the dark polymer clay to use for upcoming polymer clay classes and went out to look for ideas. We’ll be doing something Halloween themed for the October class but … Read More...
Create Hollow Clay Beads
This tutorial is a whole stack of useful techniques: hollow beads (using polystyrene / shrink plastic balls), pastels for colour and silk screens. Petra Nemravka’s site has a wealth of tutorials, tips, and great supplies available.
Clay Raindrop Necklace
Mollie of Wild Olive has the perfect necklace for my last few rainy days: a polymer clay raindrop necklace. It’s hard to be sad with this cute kawaii style raindrop and it’s a simple project. Use coloured clay if … Read More...
Polymer Clay Umbrellas
This project makes adorable little clay umbrellas. I’m heading into a damp couple of days so this was the perfect “theme” project. The original is in Russian but here’s a translation.
Exotic Gold Polymer Clay Pendant
Picking up different style elements or cultural themes in your polymer clay pieces can give them an extra zing. This piece by Sculpey and Dr. Pritish brings a little of the exotic, detailed gold tones of Indian art to it. … Read More...
Make a Clay Pendant Lamp
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...
Polymer Clay Organization
Just like I have piles of clay and clay pieces, I have a good stash of tools of all shapes and sizes. Not the least of those are my cutters. Some of them – a couple plastic shoeboxes worth – … Read More...
Polymer Clay Storage Strategies
After those first few blocks of Fimo clay, about when you realize you’ll need a few of every colour and one of each tool you find, you start to think about storage. Since polymer clay stays usable for a long, … Read More...
Sculpt Your Succulents
This is one of the fondant sculpting tutorials that applies perfectly to air dry or oven bake clay. So many of them do! I even bought myself Wilton fondant tools for my clay ages ago since they were easier to … Read More...
Making Charming Books
I’m a book reading type of person. And I’m also a polymer clay one. So let’s take it one step further and make little clay books. Or a couple of steps further and make them into charms. I’ll be adding … Read More...
Kids Books in Clay
I like when I can use clay to add to kid’s lessons or experiences. Here’s a clay project to go with the children’s classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar
. Make your own caterpillar by mixing up colours and tell the … Read More...
Leaf Canes in Clay
Here’s a clever exploration of greens – not the colour you necessarily associate with fall but you can go with a yellower green mix or get brave and try this with reds, yellows and browns for autumn hues – and … Read More...
Halloween Cakes and Clay
The studio helper is making little cakes today so we went looking for inspiration and eye candy. YouTube has a plethora of videos on how to make little miniature foods from Fimo polymer clay and EverythingFimo is a channel full … Read More...
Clay Thumb Tacks
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...
Carving Polymer Clay Pumpkins
Kirsten is best known for her adorable mouse figures. In this Jack O Lantern sculpt tutorial she uses a shape to bake the clay around. The foam ball she uses, in the UK, shrinks a little while baking. The styrofoam … Read More...
Clay Halloween Witch and Spider Pin
Halloween is creeping up on me and my studio and I admit I’ve ordered a little more orange clay than usual just so that I can make my share of pumpkins, jack o lanterns and candy corn. Sculpey
and Helen … Read More...