I got asked to make little sushi beads so off I went to look for inspiration. These minis aren’t the canework version I’ll be experimenting with but they’re so freaking adorable, I had to share. Tiny sushi for your doll … Read More...
Pocket Monsters and Polymer Clay
A big chunk of the polymer clay community makes all sorts of fan art. And Pokemon is a perfect target, especially since the release of the immensely popular Pokemon Go game recently. There are all sorts of shared tutorials and … Read More...
Mokume Gane Hint
Violet Laporte has a good tip for how to get those perfect, thin slices you want from your mokume gane stacks. Instead of curving your blade (which I have done and broken, oops), trying curving your stack by placing it … Read More...
More Mokume Gane
Another simple tutorial, with a video by Sculpey, goes through how to make a simple mokume gane stack and use the results to make a great pair of earrings. Obviously, use the colours you like best. This flexible technique … Read More...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Faux Stone Patterns
Polymer clay is a great material for making imitative pieces – replica foods and faux stones some of my favourites. Mokume Gane, a flexible polymer clay technique, is great for making beautiful abstract designs. Turns out, with careful picking and … Read More...
Tutorial: Making Tiny Mushrooms from Clay
Stephanie or Petit Plat is a talented miniature maker, working primarily with polymer clay. On top of having lovely work for sale on Etsy she has a busy YouTube channel with all sorts of great videos including this fun one … Read More...
The 4th of July in Polymer Clay
Want to see what fabulous work polymer clayers doing for the 4th of July? Have a peek at Flickr and check it out. Adorable food minis, beads, canes, jewellery and way more.
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these … Read More...
Silkscreens and Polymer Clay
In my high school and early college years, I worked with printing companies as a part time job. Most of the imprints we did used screens in some forms and it was always neat to see the process of getting … Read More...
Tutorial: Stamped Canada Day Keepsake
It’s Canada Day here – great summer weather, the local county fair and rodeo and a small fireworks show later – and I’ve got a Canada Day craft that uses jewelry clay, an air drying resin based clay from the … Read More...
Graduation Caps Toppers and Clay
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...
Tutorial: Cheerful Crackle Beads
This pretty necklace tutorial from Andrijana Katavic of Studio Artesania uses a variety of Fimo clays and tools. You can use the clays, tools and glazes you have on hand to achieve a similar effect. String the resulting beads with … Read More...
Make Boho Beads with Polymer Clay
Polymer clay and beads, some of my favourite things in the whole world. Mihaela of MichelleMaya shares a detailed tutorial to make colourful Boho inspired polymer clay beads. She uses powders, textures and microbeads to create her intricate beads.
Looking … Read More...
Making Goddess Beads
Karen Scofield generously shares a tutorial on how she builds her goddess beads, using templates or molds, good quality polymer clays, mica powders and a finish. You can use some of the tips and hints to make your own version.… Read More...
Two Part Molds with Polymer Clay
Polymer clay itself makes a great molding agent. Here’s a quick tutorial for making a basic 2 part mold (front and back) with polymer clay. Barbara, the tutorial creator, uses baby powder as a release agent but I prefer corn … Read More...
Creating Molds for Polymer Clay
Like making canes, I notice everyone has their own approach to making molds. Lynn Lunger, Una Odd, shares hers in this step by step tutorial. Like Lynn, I’m a fan of Amazing Mold Putty even if mine tends to … Read More...
Polymer Clay Money Clip
Just in time for a Father’s Day gift, Amy Koranek and Sculpey.com have a money clip project. Mix colours, texture your clay and bake it then attach to a money clip blank for a custom Father’s Day gift. Add … Read More...
Polymer Clay Raspberries
The raspberries won’t be ready here for a while but I always love ’em. Until then, there’s the clay ones to enjoy. Catherine posted one method of making them on a Russian forum. The original post is in Russian but … Read More...
Business Card Holder from Clay
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...
Polymer Clay Coil Bowl with Tiny Goldfish
Penni Jo, of Best Flexible Molds, has a cute bowl project.
Creating a coil bowl using scrap fabric is a great way to upcycle old materials and give them new life. In this project, we take it a step … Read More...
Making Hollow Beads by Using a Core
One way of making hollow objects is to use a core for the first stage. Pinatas, for example, can be built with a balloon core. The core is taken out later, leaving you with a hollow form.
There area huge … Read More...